Where does “maanpuolustusopisto” come from?

maanpuolustusopisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish maanpuolustus, from Finnish puolustus, from Finnish puolustaa, from Finnish puolus, from Finnish puoli, from Proto-Finnic pooli, from Proto-Uralic pälä — half.

maanpuolustusopisto (Finnish): national defence academy

Definitions

  1. national defence academy

Ancestry of “maanpuolustusopisto”, step by step

maanpuolustusopisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maanpuolustus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaanpuolustusdefence
2Finnishpuolustusdefense US, defence UK
3Finnishpuolustaato defend
4Finnishpuolus—
5Finnishpuolihalf; when followed by a number representing an...
6Proto-Finnicpoolihalf, side; half
7Proto-Uralicpälähalf

via Finnish opisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishopistoinstitute, college
2Finnishoppidoctrine; study, -logy, theory; in this sense...
3Finnishoppiato learn
4Proto-Finnicoppidakto learn
5Proto-Finno-Ugricwoppe-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pooli →Every word from Finnish puoli →