Where does “puoliapina” come from?

puoliapina (Finnish) comes from Finnish puoli, from Proto-Finnic pooli, from Proto-Uralic pälä — half.

puoliapina (Finnish): prosimian; a person of mixed black and white...

Definitions

  1. prosimian; a person of mixed black and white...

Ancestry of “puoliapina”, step by step

puoliapina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puoli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuolihalf; when followed by a number representing an...
2Proto-Finnicpoolihalf, side; half
3Proto-Uralicpälähalf

via Finnish apina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishapinamonkey; ape
2Old Swedishapina—

Words derived from “puoliapina”

Every word from Proto-Uralic pälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pooli →Every word from Finnish puoli →