Where does “karvalakkipuoli” come from?

karvalakkipuoli (Finnish) comes from Finnish karvalakki, from Finnish karva, from Proto-Finnic karva, from Proto-Finnic kawra.

karvalakkipuoli (Finnish): the side of a restaurant with a less strict dress code and/or for less wealthy customers

Definitions

  1. the side of a restaurant with a less strict dress code and/or for less wealthy customers

Ancestry of “karvalakkipuoli”, step by step

karvalakkipuoli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karvalakki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvalakkifur cap
2Finnishkarvahair; fur; colors, stripes
3Proto-Finnickarvahair; color
4Proto-Finnickawra—

via Finnish puoli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuolihalf; when followed by a number representing an...
2Proto-Finnicpoolihalf, side; half
3Proto-Uralicpälähalf
Every word from Proto-Finnic kawra →Every word from Proto-Finnic karva →Every word from Finnish karva →