Where does “kalapuikko” come from?

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

kalapuikko (Finnish): fish stick, fish finger

Definitions

  1. fish stick, fish finger

Ancestry of “kalapuikko”, step by step

kalapuikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish puikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuikkopeg; stick; short for neulepuikko

Words derived from “kalapuikko”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →