lätäkkö

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lät'äkko (compare Karelian lätäkkö, Veps lätäk, Votic lätäkko), apparently derived from an onomatopoeia. First mentioned in a dictionary in 1637.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

lätäkkö

  1. puddle
    Synonyms: rapakko, (dialectal) lätti
    Sateen jälkeen tiellä oli useita lätäköitä.
    There were several puddles on the road after the rain.

Declension

Possessive forms of lätäkkö (Kotus type 4*A/laatikko, kk-k gradation)

Derived terms

compounds

References

  1. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

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