Where does “kiekkokala” come from?

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

kiekkokala (Finnish): red discus

Definitions

  1. red discus

Ancestry of “kiekkokala”, step by step

kiekkokala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish kiekko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkiekkoA disk or a disc; A puck; A discus
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →