Where does “pooljagu” come from?

pooljagu (Estonian) comes from Estonian pool, from Old Frisian spōle, from Old Dutch spōla, from Proto-Germanic spōlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

pooljagu (Estonian): fireteam

Definitions

  1. fireteam

Ancestry of “pooljagu”, step by step

pooljagu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian pool

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpoolhalf; side; at, to, towards
2Old Frisianspōle—
3Old Dutchspōla—
4Proto-Germanicspōlǭspool; reel
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

via Estonian jagu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianjagushare, part; amount, share; section
2Proto-Finnicjakoshare, part
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spōlǭ →Every word from Old Dutch spōla →