Where does “Pahkala” come from?

Pahkala (Finnish) comes from Finnish pahka, from Proto-Finnic pahka, from Proto-Uralic pakša.

Ancestry of “Pahkala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpahkaburl US, bur, burr, gnarl tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner
2Proto-Finnicpahkaburl, burr, gnarl
3Proto-Uralicpakša—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pakša →Every word from Proto-Finnic pahka →Every word from Finnish pahka →