Where does “Kuoppala” come from?

Kuoppala (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuoppa, from Proto-Finnic kooppa — pit.

Kuoppala (Finnish): Any of a number of small places in Finland

Definitions

  1. Any of a number of small places in Finland

Ancestry of “Kuoppala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuoppapit; pothole
2Proto-Finnickooppapit
Every word from Proto-Finnic kooppa →Every word from Finnish kuoppa →