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Where does “pulka” come from?

pulka (English) comes from Finnish pulkka, from Proto-Samic pulkkē — pulk.

pulka (English): An animal-drawn sleigh of a particular sort

Definitions

  1. An animal-drawn sleigh of a particular sort

Ancestry of “pulka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpulkkatoboggan; tally, tally stick
2Proto-Samicpulkkēpulk
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