Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pooli

Etymology
Via earlier *pale from. The development is regular, according to Aikio (2012) and Zhivlov (2014); compare e.g. from Proto-Uralic,  from Proto-Uralic.

The word has also been compared to Slavic, presuming an irregular stem-type shift *pola > *pooli after loaning. According to Aikio (2013, 2016), previously proposed examples of this change in inherited vocabulary are to be explained otherwise, however (compare e.g. ).

Noun

 * 1) half, side

Adjective

 * 1)  half