Where does “puolituinen” come from?

puolituinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish -tuinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

puolituinen (Finnish): halfling

Definitions

  1. halfling

Ancestry of “puolituinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-tuinenVariant of -inen
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →