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.[1] Most descendants show later reshaping.

Adjective

*pullas[2]

  1. round, thick

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) pullas
  • ⇒ Finnish: pullollaan, (dialectal) pulleva, pullillaan
  • ⇒ Ingrian: pullillaa
  • Karelian:
    • ⇒ North Karelian: pullallah

From *pullëda (with *-ëda):

From *pullakka (with *-kka):

From *pullo(i) (with *-o ~ *-oi):

From *pullistadak (with *-istadak):

From *pullo(i)ttadak (with *-o ~ *-oi + *-ttadak):

  • Finnish: pullottaa
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: pullottua

References

  1. ^ Santeri Junttila, Petri Kallio, Sampsa Holopainen, Juha Kuokkala, Juho Pystynen, editors (2020–), “pullea”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*pullas”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)
  • Aikio, Ante. 2006. "On Germanic-Saami contacts and Saami prehistory". In Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 91, pp. 9–55.
  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[3] (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
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