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.

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.

*pullas^[1]

1. round, thick

• 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

• 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]‎ (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