Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/puolē

This Proto-Samic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Samic

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pala.

Noun

*puolē

1. piece

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Northern Sami: (dialectal, archaic) buola
• Eastern Samic:
  • >? Inari Sami: puȧlȧ
  • >? Skolt Sami: pue´ll
  • Ter Sami: [script needed] (pi̮l̜l̜e)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland