Where does “järvikala” come from?

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

järvikala (Finnish): lake fish fish that lives in lakes

Definitions

  1. lake fish fish that lives in lakes

Ancestry of “järvikala”, step by step

järvikala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish järvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjärvilake
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
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