Where does “tulkki” come from?

tulkki (Finnish) comes from Old Swedish tolker, from Proto-Slavic tъlkъ, from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ- — to talk.

tulkki (Finnish): interpreter

Definitions

  1. interpreter

Ancestry of “tulkki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishtolker—
2Proto-Slavictъlkъinterpretation; interpreter
3Proto-Indo-Europeantelkʷ-to talk

Words derived from “tulkki”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic tъlkъ →Every word from Old Swedish tolker →
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