Where does “välipala” come from?

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

välipala (Finnish): snack; snack food

Definitions

  1. snack; snack food

Ancestry of “välipala”, step by step

välipala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pala

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

via Finnish väli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväligap, space; interval; distance
2Proto-Finnicvälji—

Words derived from “välipala”

Every word from Proto-Uralic pala →Every word from Proto-Finnic pala →Every word from Finnish pala →