salko

From Proto-Finnic *salko, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śëlkaw, a loan from an early descendant of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ- (“slat”). Finno-Ugric cognates include Karelian šalko, Northern Sami čuolggu (“lever, crowbar”), Moksha сялго (śalgo, “stick”), Hungarian szál (“fiber”), Northern Mansi са̄гла (sāgla, “slat, splinter”); Indo-European cognates include Lithuanian žalgà, Armenian ձաղկ (jaġk), Proto-Germanic *galgô > English gallows.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlko/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝lko̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑlko
• Hyphenation^(key): sal‧ko

salko

1. pole (long and slender piece of metal or especially wood, used for various construction or support purposes)
2. flagpole, flagstaff

• (flagpole): lippusalko, lipputanko

• “salko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• kosla, lasko, loska