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

puoliunessa 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 unessa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishunessaInessive singular form of uni; asleep
Every word from Proto-Uralic pälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pooli →Every word from Finnish puoli →