Where does “hukkapala” come from?

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

hukkapala (Finnish): a piece or part left over as waste, e.g. a leftover piece of fabric or paper after cutting that is too small to be used for anything

Definitions

  1. a piece or part left over as waste, e.g. a leftover piece of fabric or paper after cutting that is too small to be used for anything

Ancestry of “hukkapala”, step by step

hukkapala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pala

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

via Finnish hukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhukkawaste, loss; often used as head of compound...
2Proto-Finnichukkaloss; ruin, destruction
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