Where does “kalapala” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kalapala”, step by step

kalapala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pala

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

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala →Every word from Proto-Finnic pala →Every word from Finnish pala →