Where does “kainalopala” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kainalopala”, step by step

kainalopala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pala

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

via Finnish kainalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkainaloarmpit
2Proto-Finnickainaloarmpit
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala →Every word from Proto-Finnic pala →Every word from Finnish pala →