Where does “kampelakala” come from?

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

kampelakala (Finnish): flatfish, pleuronectiform fish of the order Pleuronectiformes

Definitions

  1. flatfish, pleuronectiform fish of the order Pleuronectiformes

Ancestry of “kampelakala”, step by step

kampelakala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish kampela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkampelaflounder, fluke, European flounder; flatfish
2Finnishkampicrank
3Proto-Finnickampi—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →