olga

See also: Olga, ólga, òlga, Òlga, Oľga, Olgą, Òlgą, and Òlgã

Galician

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈɔlɡa/ [ˈɔɫ.ɣ̞ɐ]
IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈɔlħa/ [ˈɔɫ.ħɐ]

Rhymes: -ɔlɡa
Rhymes: -ɔlħa

Hyphenation: ol‧ga

Etymology 1

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *olka, from Proto-Celtic *ɸolkā (“arable land”), from Proto-Indo-European *polḱeh₂.^[1]

Noun

olga m (plural olgas)

(agriculture) strip of land
open path in the snow

Related terms

Olca

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Latin ulva.^[2]

Noun

olga m (plural olgas)

(botany) seaweed
Synonyms: alga, ouca

References

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “olga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “olga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “olga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

^ Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen‎^[1], Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 132 – via De Gruyter.
^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “ova”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *olka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wolka.

Noun

olga

shoulder

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