Where does “airokala” come from?

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

airokala (Finnish): giant oarfish, king of herrings, in Finnish the name species of the family Regalecidae

Definitions

  1. giant oarfish, king of herrings, in Finnish the name species of the family Regalecidae

Ancestry of “airokala”, step by step

airokala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish airo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishairooar
2Proto-Germanicairōoar
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃eyH-pole
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →