Where does “paloittainen” come from?

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

paloittainen (Finnish): piecemeal, piecewise made or done in pieces or one stage at a time

Definitions

  1. piecemeal, piecewise made or done in pieces or one stage at a time

Ancestry of “paloittainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaloittainpiecewise
2Finnishpalapiece, bit; lump, chunk; block
3Proto-Finnicpalabit
4Proto-Uralicpalabit
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala →Every word from Proto-Finnic pala →Every word from Finnish pala →