Where does “kolke” come from?

kolke (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolkata, from English Kolkata, from Bengali কলকাতা, from Bengali কলিকাতা.

kolke (Finnish): clank, clatter

Definitions

  1. clank, clatter

Ancestry of “kolke”, step by step

kolke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kolkata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolkatato knock out; to knock down; to clank, clatter
2EnglishKolkataformerly known in English as Calcutta
3Bengaliকলকাতা—
4Bengaliকলিকাতা—

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note
Every word from Bengali কলিকাতা →Every word from Bengali কলকাতা →Every word from English Kolkata →