Where does “libekala” come from?

libekala (Estonian) comes from Estonian kala, from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä — fish.

libekala (Estonian): lutefisk

Definitions

  1. lutefisk

Ancestry of “libekala”, step by step

libekala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankalafish
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Estonian libe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlibeslippery
2Proto-Finniclipedaslippery
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Estonian kala →