Where does “kaikinpuolin” come from?
kaikinpuolin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaikki, from Finnish -ti, from Proto-Finnic -t'ik — caritive suffix.
Ancestry of “kaikinpuolin”, step by step
kaikinpuolin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish puoli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puoli | half; when followed by a number representing an... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pooli | half, side; half |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | pälä | half |