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Where does “pullistaa” come from?

pullistaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish pullea, from Proto-Finnic pullas, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

pullistaa (Finnish): to puff out

Definitions

  1. to puff out

Ancestry of “pullistaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpulleachubby, plump, rotund, round
2Proto-Finnicpullasround, thick
3Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “pullistaa”

  • pullistua
  • välilevypullistuma
  • pullistella
  • pullistuma
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