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Where does “airokala” come from?

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

airokala (Finnish): giant oarfish, king of herrings , in Finnish the...

Definitions

  1. giant oarfish, king of herrings , in Finnish the...

Ancestry of “airokala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickälä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →