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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pooli

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Via earlier *pale from Proto-Uralic *pälä (half). The development is regular, according to Aikio (2012) and Zhivlov (2014); compare e.g. *loomi from Proto-Uralic *lämä, *talvi from Proto-Uralic *tälwä.

The word has also been compared to Slavic *polъ (half), presuming an irregular stem-type shift *pola > *pooli after loaning. According to Aikio (2013, 2016), previously proposed examples of this change in inherited vocabulary are to be explained otherwise, however (compare e.g. *kooldak).

Noun

*pooli

  1. half, side

Adjective

*pooli

  1. (not comparable) half

Inflection

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Estonian: pool
  • Finnish: puoli
  • Ingrian: pooli
  • Karelian: puoli
  • Livonian: pūoļ
  • Livvi: puoli
  • Ludian: puol'
  • Veps: pol'

References

  • Aikio, Ante. 2013. "Uralilaisen kantakielen vokaalistosta". Paper presented at the seminar Etymologia ja kielihistoria: Erkki Itkosen ja Aulis J. Joen 100-vuotisjuhlaseminaari.
  • Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  • Zhivlov, Mikhail. 2014. "Studies in Uralic vocalism III". In Journal of Language Relationship 12, pp. 113–148.
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