Where does “geenipooli” come from?

geenipooli (Finnish) comes from Finnish pooli, from English Pool, from Middle English pool, from Old English pōl, from Proto-West Germanic *pōl, from Proto-Germanic pōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European bale-, from Yoruba ilé — home; house.

geenipooli (Finnish): gene pool

Definitions

  1. gene pool

Ancestry of “geenipooli”, step by step

geenipooli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pooli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoolipole; pool
2EnglishPoolOS grid ref SW6641
3Middle Englishpool—
4Old Englishpōlpool
5Proto-West Germanic*pōl—
6Proto-Germanicpōlazpool
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbale-bog, marsh
8Yorubailéhome; house

via Finnish geeni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgeenigene
2Germangēn—
3Middle High Germangēn—
4Old High Germangēn—
5Proto-West Germanicgānto go
6Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step
Every word from Yoruba ilé →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bale- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pōlaz →
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