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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pala

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *pala. Cognates include Proto-Samic *puolē, Proto-Mordvinic *palə, Hungarian fal (devour).[1]

Noun

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*pala[2]

  1. bit

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: pala
  • Finnish: pala
  • Ingrian: pala
  • Karelian: pala
  • Livonian: pala
  • Veps: pala

References

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  1. ^ Entry #695 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pala”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)