Where does “palaleipä” come from?

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

palaleipä (Finnish): bread sold in pairs of slices that are easy to separate

Definitions

  1. bread sold in pairs of slices that are easy to separate

Ancestry of “palaleipä”, step by step

palaleipä 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 →