Where does “iltapala” come from?
iltapala (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilta, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
iltapala (Finnish): supper, evening snack, night snack
Definitions
- supper, evening snack, night snack
Ancestry of “iltapala”, step by step
iltapala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ilta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ilta | evening |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish pala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pala | piece, bit; lump, chunk; block |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pala | bit |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | pala | bit |