Etymology

pulk

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Today it means: A low-slung boatlike sled, used for man-hauling supplies across snow and ice. Full definition →

Norwegian pulk ← Swedish pulka ← Finnish pulkka
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pulk · noun1

  1. Proto-Sami · derived from*pulkkē
  2. Sami · derived from
  3. Finnish · derived frompulkka
  4. Swedish · derived frompulka
  5. Norwegian · derived frompulk
  6. English todaypulk

From Nordic languages: Norwegian pulk; Swedish pulka, Finnish pulkka, from Sami pul’hkē (compare Northern Sami bulki), from Proto-Sami *pulkkē.

pulk · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited frompolk
  2. English todaypulk

Inherited from Middle English polk, from pol (“pool”) + -ok (“-ock”, thus equivalent to pool + -ock), with shortening of /oː/ before /lk/.

Words from the same roots

Finnishpulkka all →

pulka

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