Where does “puolisokea” come from?

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

puolisokea (Finnish): half-blind, purblind

Definitions

  1. half-blind, purblind

Ancestry of “puolisokea”, step by step

puolisokea 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 sokea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsokeablind
2Proto-Finnicsokedablind
Every word from Proto-Uralic pälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pooli →Every word from Finnish puoli →