Where does “makkarapala” come from?

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

makkarapala (Finnish): piece of sausage, sausage piece

Definitions

  1. piece of sausage, sausage piece

Ancestry of “makkarapala”, step by step

makkarapala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pala

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

via Finnish makkara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmakkarasausage
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala →Every word from Proto-Finnic pala →Every word from Finnish pala →