Where does “puoluekoneisto” come from?

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

puoluekoneisto (Finnish): (political) party apparatus

Definitions

  1. (political) party apparatus

Ancestry of “puoluekoneisto”, step by step

puoluekoneisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puolue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuolueparty, political party
2Finnishpuolihalf; when followed by a number representing an...
3Proto-Finnicpoolihalf, side; half
4Proto-Uralicpälähalf

via Finnish koneisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoneistomachinery; mechanism; works
2Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
3Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Uralic pälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pooli →Every word from Finnish puoli →