Where does “kalapyörykkä” come from?

kalapyörykkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyörykkä, from Finnish pyöreä, from Finnish pyörä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pöörä.

kalapyörykkä (Finnish): fishball

Definitions

  1. fishball

Ancestry of “kalapyörykkä”, step by step

kalapyörykkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyörykkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyörykkäball
2Finnishpyöreäround; rounded, labial; rounded
3Finnishpyöräwheel; caster; Short for polkupyörä
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*pöörä—

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pöörä →Every word from Finnish pyörä →Every word from Finnish pyöreä →