Where does “puoluepoliitikko” come from?

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

puoluepoliitikko (Finnish): party politician, party official

Definitions

  1. party politician, party official

Ancestry of “puoluepoliitikko”, step by step

puoluepoliitikko 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 poliitikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoliitikkopolitician
2Finnish-kkoForms collective nouns; Forms nouns denoting...
3Proto-Finnic-kko
Every word from Proto-Uralic päläEvery word from Proto-Finnic pooliEvery word from Finnish puoli