paikka

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • place, location, spot, site
  • area, region, locality, neighbourhood/neighborhood
  • space, room
  • scene where something happens/has happened
  • (politics) seat
  • (sports) berth position on the field of play
  • (sports)
  • job, post, position
  • patch on clothes
  • (computing) patch
  • (dentistry) filling; inlay
  • (colloquial) situation
  • (colloquial) parts, bones

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *paikka derived from Proto-Germanic *spaikǭ.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*spaikǭ

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