Where does “puoliturkki” come from?

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

puoliturkki (Finnish): fur jacket, short fur coat

Definitions

  1. fur jacket, short fur coat

Ancestry of “puoliturkki”, step by step

puoliturkki 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 Turkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTurkkiTurkish
2Swedishdurkship's floor
3EnglishdorkA quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept...
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