Where does “puolisentoista” come from?
puolisentoista (Finnish) comes from Finnish -toista, from Finnish toista, from Finnish toinen, from Proto-Finnic toinen, from Proto-Finnic too, from Proto-Uralic to — that.
puolisentoista (Finnish): around one and a half
Definitions
- around one and a half
Ancestry of “puolisentoista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | -toista | teen suffix which in Finnish forms the numbers 11 to 19 |
| 2 | Finnish | toista | Partitive singular form of toinen; Indicative... |
| 3 | Finnish | toinen | second; other, another; the others, other ones |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | toinen | second; other |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | too | that over there, yonder distal? |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | to | that |