Where does “kitakala” come from?

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

kitakala (Finnish): barbeled dragonfish fish of the family

Definitions

  1. barbeled dragonfish fish of the family

Ancestry of “kitakala”, step by step

kitakala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish kita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkitamouth; throat, pharynx
2Proto-Finnickitathroat, pharynx, mouth
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →