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sukka.

sock (garment covering foot)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsukːɑ/[ˈs̠ukːɑ̝]
  1. sock (garment covering foot)

  2. stocking (garment covering foot and part of leg)

  3. stocking (knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *sukka, borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *sukkaz (“sock”) (compare English sock, Swedish socka), from Latin soccus. Finnic cognates include Ingrian sukka, Karelian sukka, Karelian šukka, Livvi sukku, Ludian suk, Estonian sukk, Livonian sukā and Votic sukkõ.

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