Where does “arvokala” come from?

arvokala (Finnish) comes from Finnish Arvo, from Finnish Arvi, from Old Norse Arnviðr, from Proto-Germanic Arôwiduz.

arvokala (Finnish): valuable fish, prized fish

Definitions

  1. valuable fish, prized fish

Ancestry of “arvokala”, step by step

arvokala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Arvo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishArvovalue, worth quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
2FinnishArvi—
3Old NorseArnviðr—
4Proto-GermanicArôwiduz—

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Germanic Arôwiduz →Every word from Old Norse Arnviðr →Every word from Finnish Arvi →