Where does “mainospala” come from?

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

mainospala (Finnish): advertising spot, teaser

Definitions

  1. advertising spot, teaser

Ancestry of “mainospala”, step by step

mainospala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pala

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

via Finnish mainos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmainosadvertisement
2Finnishmainoa—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala →Every word from Proto-Finnic pala →Every word from Finnish pala →