olga

See also: Olga, ólga, òlga, Òlga, Oľga, Olgą, Òlgą, and Òlgã

Galician

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈɔlɡa/ [ˈɔɫ.ɣ̞ɐ]
IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈɔlħa/ [ˈɔɫ.ħɐ]

(standard) Rhymes: -ɔlɡa
(gheada) Rhymes: -ɔlħa

Hyphenation: ol‧ga

Etymology 1

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *olka, from Proto-Celtic *ɸolkā (“arable land”), from Proto-Indo-European *polḱeh₂.[1]

Noun

olga m (plural olgas)

(agriculture) strip of land
open path in the snow

Related terms

Olca

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Latin ulva.[2]

Noun

olga m (plural olgas)

(botany) seaweed
Synonyms: alga, ouca

References

“olga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“olga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“olga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen‎, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 132 – via De Gruyter.
Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “ova”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *olka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wolka.

Noun

olga

shoulder

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