Where does “haarukkapala” come from?
haarukkapala (Finnish) comes from Finnish pala, from Proto-Finnic pala, from Proto-Uralic pala — bit.
haarukkapala (Finnish): fork-size piece
Ancestry of “haarukkapala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | pala | piece, bit; lump, chunk; block |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pala | bit |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | pala | bit |