Where does “pulkka” come from?

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

pulkka (Finnish): toboggan; tally, tally stick

Definitions

  1. toboggan; tally, tally stick

Ancestry of “pulkka”, step by step

pulkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Samic pulkkē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicpulkkēpulk

via Sami puhlke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Samipuhlke

Words derived from “pulkka

Every word from Proto-Samic pulkkē
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