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Where does “kampela” come from?

kampela (Finnish) comes from Finnish kampi, from Proto-Finnic kampi.

kampela (Finnish): flounder, fluke, European flounder; flatfish

Definitions

  1. flounder, fluke, European flounder; flatfish

Ancestry of “kampela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkampicrank
2Proto-Finnickampi—

Words derived from “kampela”

  • камбала
  • punakampela
  • silokampela
Every word from Proto-Finnic kampi →