Where does “kapakalakeitto” come from?

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

kapakalakeitto (Finnish): stockfish soup

Definitions

  1. stockfish soup

Ancestry of “kapakalakeitto”, step by step

kapakalakeitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kapakala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkapakalastockfish
2Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
3Proto-Finnickalafish
4Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Finnish keitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeittosoup; boiling; booze
2FinnishkeittääTo boil; to boil over; To cook; To cook up
3Proto-Uralickeje-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →