Etymology

pulla

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Today it means: A sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed cardamom, resembling very soft bread in consistency, eaten in Finland. Full definition →

Finnish pulla ← Swedish bulle
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  1. Swedish · derived frombulle
  2. Finnish · borrowed frompulla
  3. English todaypulla

Borrowed from Finnish pulla, from Swedish bulle. Doublet of bowl and boule.

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