Where does “puoliso” come from?
puoliso (Finnish) comes from Finnish iso, from Finnish isä, from Proto-Finnic icä, from Proto-Uralic ićä — father.
puoliso (Finnish): spouse
Ancestry of “puoliso”, step by step
puoliso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish iso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | iso | big; large; great |
| 2 | Finnish | isä | father; Father |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | icä | father |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ićä | father |
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 |
Words derived from “puoliso”