Where does “eväkala” come from?

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

eväkala (Finnish): finned fish

Definitions

  1. finned fish

Ancestry of “eväkala”, step by step

eväkala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish evä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheväfin
2Proto-Finniceväfin (appendage of a fish)
3Proto-Uralicewäfin
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →