Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pahla

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

From earlier *pašla, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian baslỹs (pole, stake)).

Noun

*pahla

  1. rod, pole
  2. spit

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) pahl
  • Finnish: pahla

Further reading

  • pahl”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “pahla”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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