Where does “alkukampela” come from?

alkukampela (Finnish) comes from Finnish alku, from Finnish alkaa, from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.

alkukampela (Finnish): Indian halibut, adalah, Psettodes erumei primitive flatfish found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, (in Finnish) name species of its genus

Definitions

  1. Indian halibut, adalah, Psettodes erumei primitive flatfish found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, (in Finnish) name species of its genus

Ancestry of “alkukampela”, step by step

alkukampela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalkustart, beginning, inception, incipience; first,...
2Finnishalkaato begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin
3Proto-Finnicalkadakto begin, to start
4Proto-Uralicalka-beginning

via Finnish kampela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkampelaflounder, fluke, European flounder; flatfish
2Finnishkampicrank
3Proto-Finnickampi—
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →