Where does “korjauspala” come from?

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

korjauspala (Finnish): A dutchman

Definitions

  1. A dutchman

Ancestry of “korjauspala”, step by step

korjauspala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pala

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

via Finnish korjaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorjauscorrection; fix; repair
2Finnishkorjatato fix; to repair; to mend, darn, alter
3Proto-Finnickorjat'akto pick, to collect
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