Where does “kakkupala” come from?

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

kakkupala (Finnish): A piece of cake

Definitions

  1. A piece of cake

Ancestry of “kakkupala”, step by step

kakkupala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pala

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

via Finnish kakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkakkucake; pie; honeycomb
2Proto-Germanickakǭcake
3Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala →Every word from Proto-Finnic pala →Every word from Finnish pala →