runko

Proto-Finnic *runka +‎ -o, the root probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skrunkaz (compare Icelandic skrokkur). Alternatively related to Erzya рунго (rungo, “torso, trunk”), in which case from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *ruŋka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈruŋko/, [ˈruŋko̞]
• Rhymes: -uŋko
• Syllabification^(key): run‧ko
• Hyphenation^(key): run‧ko

runko

1. trunk (usually single, more or less upright part of a tree)
2. frame (structural elements of a building or other constructed object)
   1. body (largest or most important structural part of anything, e.g. a car)
   2. hull (body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane)
   3. fuselage (main body of an aerospace vehicle)
   4. chassis (frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment)
3. structure (overall form or organization of something)
4. build (physique of an animal body)
5. (colloquial) body (physique of a human body; the human body, e.g. in an aesthetic sense)

• “runko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• korun, kuron, orkun