Where does “jatkopala” come from?
jatkopala (Finnish) comes from Finnish pala, from Proto-Finnic pala, from Proto-Uralic pala — bit.
jatkopala (Finnish): extension piece
Ancestry of “jatkopala”, step by step
jatkopala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish jatko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jatko | follow-on, follow-up; addition; lengthening |
| 2 | Finnish | jatkaa | to continue, keep on, go on; to extend, lengthen,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jatkadak | to continue, to go on, to keep on; to lengthen,... |