Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pulkka

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly borrowed by metathesis from Proto-Germanic *pluggą (whence Middle Low German plugge (wooden peg)).[1]

Noun[edit]

*pulkka[2]

  1. wooden peg, stick

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: pulk
  • Finnish: pulkka
  • Ingrian: pulkka
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: pūlka
  • Võro: pulk
  • Votic: pulkkõ

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pulkka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading[edit]

  • pulk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “pulkka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN