Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tahko

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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology 1

Probably shortened from *tahkokivi, a compound of *tahko (see Etymology 2) + *kivi.

Noun

*tahko[1]

  1. whetstone
  2. grindstone
    Synonym: *pöörä
Inflection
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finno-Permic *taškɜ, whence Proto-Permic *tu̇š.

Noun

*tahko[1]

  1. edge
  2. side
Inflection
Descendants

Further reading

  • tahk”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1634 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tahko”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kallio, Petri (2020–) Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)