tarka.
washboard (board used to hand wash laundry)
Meaning & usage
washboard (board used to hand wash laundry)
washboard (percussion instrument)
grater (tool with which one grates)
radula
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- Proto-Balto-Slavic *térˀtei Proto-Slavic *tèrti Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Proto-Slavic *tьrka Old Polish tarka Polish tarka Inherited from Old Polish tarka. By surface analysis, trzeć + -ka.
blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
sloe (fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Polish tarń Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Old Polish -ka Polish -ka Polish tarka From tarń + -ka.
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