Where does “vastapooli” come from?

vastapooli (Finnish) comes from Finnish pooli, from English Pool, from Middle English pool, from Old English pōl, from Proto-West Germanic *pōl, from Proto-Germanic pōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European bale-, from Yoruba ilé — home; house.

vastapooli (Finnish): antithesis

Definitions

  1. antithesis

Ancestry of “vastapooli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoolipole; pool
2EnglishPoolOS grid ref SW6641
3Middle Englishpool—
4Old Englishpōlpool
5Proto-West Germanic*pōl—
6Proto-Germanicpōlazpool
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbale-bog, marsh
8Yorubailéhome; house
Every word from Yoruba ilé →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bale- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pōlaz →