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

Etymology

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

*pullas

1. round, thick

Descendants

• 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

• 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]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN