тълкъ

See also: тлъкъ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tъlkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ-. Compare Latin loquor.

Noun

тълкъ (tŭlkŭ) m

  1. interpreter
  2. interpretation, explanation

Descendants
  • Belarusian: толк (tolk)
  • Russian: толк (tolk)
  • Ukrainian: товк (tovk)
  • → Latvian: tulks
  • → Livonian: tulk
  • → Lithuanian: tùlkas
  • → Middle Low German: tolk

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “толк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “толк”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 248
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