Where does “ahvenkalat” come from?

ahvenkalat (Finnish) comes from Finnish kala, from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä — fish.

ahvenkalat (Finnish): the order Perciformes; Nominative plural form...

Definitions

  1. the order Perciformes; Nominative plural form...

Ancestry of “ahvenkalat”, step by step

ahvenkalat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Finnish ahven

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishahvenEuropean perch, "Perca fluviatilis"; perch;...
2Proto-Finnicahvenperch
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →