Where does “puolinukuksissa” come from?

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

puolinukuksissa (Finnish): half-asleep

Definitions

  1. half-asleep

Ancestry of “puolinukuksissa”, step by step

puolinukuksissa 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 nukuksissa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnukuksissaasleep
2Finnishnukkuato sleep
3Proto-Finnicnukkudakto doze, to slumber
Every word from Proto-Uralic pälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pooli →Every word from Finnish puoli →