Where does “joulukala” come from?

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

joulukala (Finnish): Christmas fish dish

Definitions

  1. Christmas fish dish

Ancestry of “joulukala”, step by step

joulukala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish joulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjouluChristmas; Abbreviation of joulukuu
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →