Where does “urossukupuoli” come from?

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

urossukupuoli (Finnish): male sex, male gender

Definitions

  1. male sex, male gender

Ancestry of “urossukupuoli”, step by step

urossukupuoli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sukupuoli

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

via Finnish uros

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishurosmale, especially of mammalian species; man, hero
2Proto-Finnicurosmale; man
3Proto-Finno-Ugricurɜman, male
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