Where does “keuhkokala” come from?

keuhkokala (Finnish) comes from Finnish keuhko, from Finnish kevyt, from Finnish keveä, from Proto-Finnic kepedä, from Proto-Uralic kepä — light, of little weight.

keuhkokala (Finnish): lungfish

Definitions

  1. lungfish

Ancestry of “keuhkokala”, step by step

keuhkokala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keuhko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeuhkolung
2Finnishkevytlight, lightweight
3Finnishkeveälightweight
4Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
5Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Uralic kepä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kepedä →Every word from Finnish keveä →