Where does “akanpala” come from?

akanpala (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian pala, from Proto-Finnic pala, from Proto-Uralic pala — bit.

akanpala (Ingrian): large snowflake

Definitions

  1. large snowflake

Ancestry of “akanpala”, step by step

akanpala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian pala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpalapiece, bit
2Proto-Finnicpalabit
3Proto-Uralicpalabit

via Proto-Dravidian akka-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidianakka-elder sister
Every word from Proto-Uralic palaEvery word from Proto-Finnic palaEvery word from Ingrian pala