Where does “kylkipala” come from?

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

kylkipala (Finnish): rib, flank cut of meat

Definitions

  1. rib, flank cut of meat

Ancestry of “kylkipala”, step by step

kylkipala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pala

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

via Finnish kylki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkylkiside; sparerib; loin
2Proto-Finnickülkiside, flank
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala →Every word from Proto-Finnic pala →Every word from Finnish pala →