lafka
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- (slang) A firm, business.
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian ла́вка (bench, shop) derived from Old East Slavic *лавъка derived from Proto-Slavic *lavъka, *lava + Proto-Slavic *-ъka.
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*-ъka
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- laukku Finnish
- банка Russian
- ла́вка Russian
- лавочка Russian
- лавочник Russian
- малявка Russian
- мешалка Russian
- -ka Polish
- *-ъka Proto-Slavic
- *lava Proto-Slavic
- *lavъka Proto-Slavic
- -ka Czech
- -ka Serbo-Croatian
- -ка Serbo-Croatian
- -ka Slovak
- *лавъка Old East Slavic
- лава Old East Slavic
- -ka Lower Sorbian
- -ka Upper Sorbian
- -kă Polabian