Where does “puolitotuus” come from?

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

puolitotuus (Finnish): half-truth

Definitions

  1. half-truth

Ancestry of “puolitotuus”, step by step

puolitotuus 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 totuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtotuustruth
2Finnishtositruth, reality, real thing; real-life; true
3Proto-Finnictocitruth
Every word from Proto-Uralic pälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pooli →Every word from Finnish puoli →