valakka

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑlɑkːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑkːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): va‧lak‧ka
• Hyphenation^(key): va‧lak‧ka

val- +‎ -akka, from a dialectal variant valea of vaalea (“light, pale”).

valakka (comparative valakampi, superlative valakin or valakoin) (dialectal)

1. light, pale (of color)

Borrowed from Swedish valack from German Wallach from Middle Low German wallache (“gelding”). Ultimately from Walachei (“Wallachia”), as the practice of castrating horses spread to Europe from the Balkans.

valakka

1. synonym of ruuna (“gelding”)

• valakoida (“to castrate a horse”)

• valakki (“white horse”)

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä ‎ (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

• “valakka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja ‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023