Where does “ankeriaskala” come from?

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

ankeriaskala (Finnish): Any fish in the order Anguilliformes

Definitions

  1. Any fish in the order Anguilliformes

Ancestry of “ankeriaskala”, step by step

ankeriaskala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish ankerias

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishankeriaseel; European eel, eel
2Proto-Balticangurio-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →