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Old Norse
Etymology
From some derivative of Proto-Germanic *stulukōną (“to stalk”), apparently referring to the unsteady gait of young girls. Compare Norwegian stulka (“to walk uncertainly”).[1]
Noun
stulka f
- a little girl, young girl, lass
Declension
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Descendants
References
- ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “stulka 1”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 555
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “stulka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive