Where does “puolustushaara” come from?

puolustushaara (Finnish) comes from Finnish puolustus, from Finnish puolustaa, from Finnish puolus, from Finnish puoli, from Proto-Finnic pooli, from Proto-Uralic pälä — half.

puolustushaara (Finnish): military branch, service branch, defense branch first-level subdivision of the armed forces such as the army, navy or air force

Definitions

  1. military branch, service branch, defense branch first-level subdivision of the armed forces such as the army, navy or air force

Ancestry of “puolustushaara”, step by step

puolustushaara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puolustus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuolustusdefense US, defence UK
2Finnishpuolustaato defend
3Finnishpuolus—
4Finnishpuolihalf; when followed by a number representing an...
5Proto-Finnicpoolihalf, side; half
6Proto-Uralicpälähalf

via Finnish haara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaarabranch; fork, bifurcation; offshoot
2Proto-Finnichaarabranch
Every word from Proto-Uralic pälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pooli →Every word from Finnish puoli →