tikk

Estonian

Etymology

From Swedish sticka or Middle Low German sticke. Because of the -u genitive, the word was most likely loaned from Swedish. Cognate to Finnish tikku.

Noun

tikk (genitive tiku, partitive tikku)

  1. match (device to make fire)
  2. a small sharp stick

Declension


Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tikka. Cognates include Finnish tikka and Veps tik.

Noun

tikk

  1. woodpecker

References

  • Miikul Pahomov (2016), tikk”, in Учебный словарь литературного людиковского языка
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