Where does “hapankala” come from?

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

hapankala (Finnish): sour fish, fermented fish

Definitions

  1. sour fish, fermented fish

Ancestry of “hapankala”, step by step

hapankala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish hapan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhapansour, acid in taste; sour, peevish, irritable,...
2Proto-Finnichap'oinsour, acid
3Proto-Finno-Ugricčappa—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →