juolukka

Etymology
(probably the origin of the form seen also in, ), from , which is further related to 🇨🇬, suggesting earlier.

The forms of this word vary widely, but the forms in Finnish, Ingrian and Votic generally follow the pattern *jooCukka (extended *jooCuk'as in Votic). In Finnish, besides -l-, -m-, -p- and -v-  are found, in Ingrian  and Votic  only -m- (also in Ludic with a different suffix, ). All aforementioned Finnish forms also have variants ending in, which matches the forms seen in Veps , Estonian and Livonian. There are more Finnish variants too with different suffixes.

The forms with -l- (only in Finnish) are likely by contamination with, while -v- (*-b-) is simply the weak grade of -p-, leaving only the question of whether -m- or -p- came first. According to Koponen (1991), both likely originate from association with words derived from, specifically and. In that case, the likely originates from the -u- in the latter word and was later generalized by analogy. Semantically the berry is often associated with intoxication: compare, ,.

Noun

 * 1) bog bilberry,