Where does “poolipäätkä” come from?

poolipäätkä (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian pooli — half.

poolipäätkä (Ingrian): unit of measure equivalent to 60 handfuls

Definitions

  1. unit of measure equivalent to 60 handfuls

Ancestry of “poolipäätkä”, step by step

poolipäätkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian pooli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpoolihalf

via Ingrian päätkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpäätkäunit of measure equivalent to 120 handfuls
Every word from Ingrian pooli