Where does “puoliverho” come from?
puoliverho (Finnish) comes from Finnish verho, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
puoliverho (Finnish): half window curtain
Ancestry of “puoliverho”, step by step
puoliverho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish verho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | verho | curtain; window blind |
| 2 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish puoli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puoli | half; when followed by a number representing an... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pooli | half, side; half |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | pälä | half |