Where does “puolituoppi” come from?

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

puolituoppi (Finnish): an obsolete Finnish unit of measurement for volume half a tuoppi

Definitions

  1. an obsolete Finnish unit of measurement for volume half a tuoppi

Ancestry of “puolituoppi”, step by step

puolituoppi 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 tuoppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuoppi(beer) stein, tankard
2Middle Low Germanstōpbeaker, flask; measure of volume
Every word from Proto-Uralic pälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pooli →Every word from Finnish puoli →