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karkku.

firestriker, firesteel (piece of steel used for striking a spark)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑrkːu/[ˈkɑ̝rkːu]
  1. firestriker, firesteel (piece of steel used for striking a spark)

Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Possibly from *karkkea (“to rub against”), compare scarcely attested dialectal karkettaa (“to rub, chafe”) (Kiihtelysvaara) and Northern Sami goarkit (“to graze, touch lightly”) (? < Proto-Samic *goarkkētēk ~ ? Proto-Finnic *karkkëdak > ? *karkkea). The idea of a link between karkku and the aforementioned Sami word was first proposed by Itkonen (1916).

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