Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tülccä

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Unknown. Compare *tülppä.

Adjective

*tülccä[1]

  1. blunt, dull
    Synonyms: *nürhi, *tülppä

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) tülts
  • Finnish: tylsä (< *tülcä), (dialectal) tyltsä
    • Inari Sami: tulcce
    • Northern Sami: dilsi
  • Ingrian: tyltsä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: tylččä
    • South Karelian: tylččä
  • Livonian: tȭlza, tȭldza
  • Livvi: tülččü
  • Ludian: tülč, tülče
  • Veps: tülc, tüuc

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*tül(c)cä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tylsä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN