tolm

Estonian

Etymology

Possibly of Baltic origin. Compare Lithuanian dulkti (“to get dusty”), and Latvian duļķes (“dregs”). Cognate to Votic tolmu and archaic/dialectal Finnish tolma, tolmu.

Noun

tolm (genitive tolmu, partitive tolmu)

  1. dust

Declension

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