Where does “kapakala” come from?

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

kapakala (Finnish): stockfish

Definitions

  1. stockfish

Ancestry of “kapakala”, step by step

kapakala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish kapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkapa—

Words derived from “kapakala”

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