Where does “maankolkka” come from?
maankolkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolkka, from Finnish kolkata, from English Kolkata, from Bengali কলকাতা, from Bengali কলিকাতা.
maankolkka (Finnish): corner of the earth, part of the earth
Definitions
- corner of the earth, part of the earth
Ancestry of “maankolkka”, step by step
maankolkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kolkka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kolkka | corner; canton; bolt |
| 2 | Finnish | kolkata | to knock out; to knock down; to clank, clatter |
| 3 | English | Kolkata | formerly known in English as Calcutta |
| 4 | Bengali | কলকাতা | — |
| 5 | Bengali | কলিকাতা | — |
via Finnish mää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mää | baa; I |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |