Where does “kaikenpuolinen” come from?
kaikenpuolinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish puolinen, from Finnish puoli, from Proto-Finnic pooli, from Proto-Uralic pälä — half.
Ancestry of “kaikenpuolinen”, step by step
kaikenpuolinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puolinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puolinen | lunch; Of location; being on a defined side of... |
| 2 | Finnish | puoli | half; when followed by a number representing an... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pooli | half, side; half |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | pälä | half |
via Finnish kaikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaikki | everything; everyone, everybody; all-, omni- |
| 2 | Finnish | -ti | Forms caritive adverbs; Forms adverbs of manner |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ik | caritive suffix |