Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pullas

This Proto-Finnic 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-Finnic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowing from Proto-Germanic *fullaz or earlier *pulnas (the assimilation *ln > *ll has taken place in both Finnic and Germanic), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós. Most descendants show later reshaping.

Adjective edit

*pullas

round, thick

Descendants edit

Estonian: (dialectal) pullas

Suffixed with (a descendant of) *-ëda:

Finnish: pullea

Suffixed with (a descendant of) *-kka:

Estonian: (Insular dialects) pullakas
Finnish: pullakka, pullukka
Karelian: pullakka

Suffixed with (a descendant of) *-o:

Finnish: (dialectal) pullo (“downwards curved”); pulloposki

Suffixed with (a descendant of) *-stadak:

Finnish: pullistaa, pullistua
Karelian: pullistoa, pullistuo

Suffixed with (a descendant of) *-ttadak:

Finnish: pullottaa
Karelian: pullottoa

Other descendants:

Finnish: pullollaan, (dialectal) pulleva, pullillaan
Ingrian: pullillaa
Karelian: pullallah

References edit

Aikio, Ante. 2006. "On Germanic-Saami contacts and Saami prehistory". In Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 91, pp. 9–55.
Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN