Where does “pitsapaikka” come from?
pitsapaikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish paikka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *paikka, from Proto-Germanic spaikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European spēy- — to stretch; thrive; succeed.
Ancestry of “pitsapaikka”, step by step
pitsapaikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.