olga
See also: Olga, Oľga, and ólga
Galician
Etymology 1
From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *olka, from Proto-Celtic *ɸolkā (“arable land”), from Proto-Indo-European *polḱeh₂.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔlɣa̝/
Noun
olga m (plural olgas)
- (agriculture) arable land
- open path in the snow
Related terms
- Olca
Etymology 2
Perhaps from Latin ulva.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔlɣa̝/
Noun
olga m (plural olgas)
- (botany) seaweed
Synonyms
- alga, ouca
References
- “olga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “olga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “olga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 132 – via De Gruyter.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “ova”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *olka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wolka.
Noun
olga
- shoulder