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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paikka

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *spaikō, whence Gutnish spaik (a mark carved in a tree).

Noun

*paikka

  1. place, location
  2. patch (for garment)

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

  • paik in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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