Where does “pala palalta” come from?

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

pala palalta (Finnish): bit by bit, little by little, gradually

Definitions

  1. bit by bit, little by little, gradually

Ancestry of “pala palalta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalapiece, bit; lump, chunk; block
2Proto-Finnicpalabit
3Proto-Uralicpalabit
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala →Every word from Proto-Finnic pala →Every word from Finnish pala →