Where does “pūolīe” come from?

pūolīe (Livonian) comes from Livonian īe, from Proto-Finnic öö, from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje.

pūolīe (Livonian): midnight

Definitions

  1. midnight

Ancestry of “pūolīe”, step by step

pūolīe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Livonian īe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianīenight
2Proto-Finnicöönight
3Proto-Finno-Ugricüje—

via Livonian pūol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianpūolhalf
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje →Every word from Proto-Finnic öö →Every word from Livonian īe →