Where does “halkihaarainen” come from?

halkihaarainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish halki, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

halkihaarainen (Finnish): dichotomous

Definitions

  1. dichotomous

Ancestry of “halkihaarainen”, step by step

halkihaarainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish halki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhalkithrough; across; broken
2Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
3Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish haara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaarabranch; fork, bifurcation; offshoot
2Proto-Finnichaarabranch
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish halki →