Where does “pulskistua” come from?

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

pulskistua (Finnish): to fatten

Definitions

  1. to fatten

Ancestry of “pulskistua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpulskistaaTo fatten
2Finnishpulskafleshy, porky, chubby
3Finnishpulleachubby, plump, rotund, round
4Proto-Finnicpullasround, thick
5Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Germanic fullaz →