Where does “puolikypsä” come from?

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

puolikypsä (Finnish): half-baked; medium

Definitions

  1. half-baked; medium

Ancestry of “puolikypsä”, step by step

puolikypsä 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 kypsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkypsäripe; mature; baked
2Proto-Finnicküpsiwell cooked; ripened; ripe
3Proto-Finnicküpte-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pooli →Every word from Finnish puoli →