Where does “hiukapala” come from?

hiukapala (Finnish) comes from Finnish pala, from Proto-Finnic pala, from Proto-Uralic pala — bit.

Ancestry of “hiukapala”, step by step

hiukapala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalapiece, bit; lump, chunk; block
2Proto-Finnicpalabit
3Proto-Uralicpalabit

via Finnish hiuka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiukahunger
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala →Every word from Proto-Finnic pala →Every word from Finnish pala →