Where does “palvelinpuoli” come from?

palvelinpuoli (Finnish) comes from Finnish palvelin, from Finnish palvella, from Finnish palvoa, from Proto-Finnic palvodak — to ask for.

palvelinpuoli (Finnish): the server side, back end

Definitions

  1. the server side, back end

Ancestry of “palvelinpuoli”, step by step

palvelinpuoli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish palvelin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalvelinserver; First-person singular indicative past...
2Finnishpalvellato serve; Adessive singular form of palvi
3Finnishpalvoato worship; to love ardently
4Proto-Finnicpalvodakto ask for

via Finnish puoli

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