Where does “ylkä” come from?

ylkä (Finnish) comes from Proto-Albanian ulka, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

ylkä (Finnish): groom, bridegroom

Definitions

  1. groom, bridegroom

Ancestry of “ylkä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianulkawolf
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “ylkä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Albanian ulka →