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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pulkka

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

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

Noun

*pulkka[2]

  1. wooden peg, stick

Inflection
Inflection of *pulkka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *pulkka *pulk'at
accusative *pulk'an *pulk'at
genitive *pulk'an *pulkkadën
*pulkkëidën
partitive *pulkkada *pulkkëida
inessive *pulk'assa
*pulk'ahna		 *pulk'ëissa
*pulk'ëihna
elative *pulk'asta *pulk'ëista
illative *pulkkahën *pulkkëihën
adessive *pulk'alla *pulk'ëilla
ablative *pulk'alta *pulk'ëilta
allative *pulkkalën
*pulkkalëk		 *pulkkëilën
*pulkkëilëk
essive *pulkkana *pulkkëina
translative *pulk'aksi *pulk'ëiksi
instructive *pulk'an *pulk'ëin
comitative *pulkkanëk *pulkkëinëk
abessive *pulk'atta *pulk'ëitta

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

References
  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 (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “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]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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