Where does “puolipukeissa” come from?

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

puolipukeissa (Finnish): half-clothed, underclothed

Definitions

  1. half-clothed, underclothed

Ancestry of “puolipukeissa”, step by step

puolipukeissa 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 pukeissa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpukeissadecent, decently clothed, sufficiently clothed
Every word from Proto-Uralic pälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pooli →Every word from Finnish puoli →