Where does “puoliloinen” come from?

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

puoliloinen (Finnish): semiparasite, hemiparasite

Definitions

  1. semiparasite, hemiparasite

Ancestry of “puoliloinen”, step by step

puoliloinen 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 loinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishloinenparasite; parasitic
2Finnishluo-—
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