Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/talko-

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Baltic *talkōs (whence Latvian talka and Lithuanian talka).

Noun

*talko-

1. cooperated voluntary work, dugnad

Descendants

• Estonian: talgud
• Finnish: talkoot
  • → Swedish: talko
• Ingrian: talkoot, talkokset
• Karelian: talloh, talkohus
• Livonian: ta’lk, ta’lkõd
• Livvi: talloh
• Ludian: talgoh
• Veps: touguh
• Võro: talgoq
• Votic: talkod, (Kattila) talko, (Jõgõperä) talkõsõd

Further reading

• “talgud”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012