Where does “koillispuoli” come from?
koillispuoli (Finnish) comes from Finnish koillinen, from Finnish koi, from Japanese 鯉, from Old Japanese こい.
koillispuoli (Finnish): northeastern side
Ancestry of “koillispuoli”, step by step
koillispuoli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish koillinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koillinen | northeast; northeastern |
| 2 | Finnish | koi | short form of vaatekoi Tineola bisselliella,... |
| 3 | Japanese | 鯉 | carp, specifically, the common carp |
| 4 | Old Japanese | こい | — |
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 |