Where does “leivänpala” come from?

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

leivänpala (Finnish): piece of bread

Definitions

  1. piece of bread

Ancestry of “leivänpala”, step by step

leivänpala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pala

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

via Finnish leipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
2Proto-Finniclaipabread
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala →Every word from Proto-Finnic pala →Every word from Finnish pala →