Where does “huulirihmakala” come from?

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

huulirihmakala (Finnish): thick-lipped gourami

Definitions

  1. thick-lipped gourami

Ancestry of “huulirihmakala”, step by step

huulirihmakala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rihmakala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrihmakalagourami freshwater fish of the family Osphronemidae
2Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
3Proto-Finnickalafish
4Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Finnish huuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuulilip, labium either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth
2Proto-Finnichuulilip
3Proto-Uralicšulebosom, lap, open arms
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