Where does “puolipilvinen” come from?
puolipilvinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish pilvinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
puolipilvinen (Finnish): partly cloudy
Ancestry of “puolipilvinen”, step by step
puolipilvinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pilvinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pilvinen | cloudy |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish puoli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puoli | half; when followed by a number representing an... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pooli | half, side; half |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | pälä | half |