толк
Russian
noun+
Definitions
- sense, use, judgment
- talk, rumor
- (obsolete) doctrine, trend, sort
- push, shove, thrust
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic тълкъ (interpretation, interpreter, explanation) inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъlkъ root from Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- (speak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*telkʷ-
Gloss
speak
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
話
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tolkku Finnish
- tolkullinen Finnish
- tolkuton Finnish
- tolkuttaa Finnish
- tuntitolkulla Finnish
- бестолковый Russian
- бестолочь Russian
- толковый Russian
- *telkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- tolk Swedish
- tulkr Old Norse
- *tъlkъ Proto-Slavic
- tulks Latvian
- tolk Middle High German
- tõlk Estonian
- *tlokʷīti Proto-Celtic
- tolk Middle Low German
- *tarkás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- tolker Old Swedish
- *tlokʷōr Proto-Italic
- тлъкъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- тълкъ Old East Slavic
- tulk Livonian
- то̄ӆӆк Kildin Sami
- то̄ӆӆькъе Kildin Sami