Where does “kantapala” come from?

kantapala (Finnish) comes from Finnish kanta, from Proto-Finnic kanta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kanta.

kantapala (Finnish): base part or piece

Definitions

  1. base part or piece

Ancestry of “kantapala”, step by step

kantapala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kanta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkantastem; position, opinion, point of view, account;...
2Proto-Finnickantaheel
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickanta—

via Finnish pala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalapiece, bit; lump, chunk; block
2Proto-Finnicpalabit
3Proto-Uralicpalabit
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kanta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kanta →Every word from Finnish kanta →