Where does “mokkapala” come from?

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

mokkapala (Finnish): brownie small square piece of rich cake made with chocolate

Definitions

  1. brownie small square piece of rich cake made with chocolate

Ancestry of “mokkapala”, step by step

mokkapala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pala

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

via Finnish mokka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmokkamocha; suede
2EnglishMochaThe name originally proposed for JavaScript
3Arabicاَلْمُخَا—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala →Every word from Proto-Finnic pala →Every word from Finnish pala →