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Where does “puoliunessa” come from?

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

puoliunessa (Finnish): half-asleep

Definitions

  1. half-asleep

Ancestry of “puoliunessa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuolihalf; when followed by a number representing an...
2Proto-Finnicpoolihalf, side; half
3Proto-Uralicpälähalf
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