Where does “puolisormikas” come from?

puolisormikas (Finnish) comes from Finnish sormikas, from Finnish sormi, from Proto-Finnic sormi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric sorme.

puolisormikas (Finnish): half glove

Definitions

  1. half glove

Ancestry of “puolisormikas”, step by step

puolisormikas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sormikas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsormikasA glove, especially knitted
2Finnishsormifinger
3Proto-Finnicsormifinger
4Proto-Finno-Ugricsorme—

via Finnish puoli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuolihalf; when followed by a number representing an...
2Proto-Finnicpoolihalf, side; half
3Proto-Uralicpälähalf
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric sorme →Every word from Proto-Finnic sormi →Every word from Finnish sormi →