Where does “kitasampi” come from?

kitasampi (Finnish) comes from Finnish sampi, from Proto-Finnic sampi, from Proto-Uralic śampe.

kitasampi (Finnish): beluga, kaluga, European sturgeon

Definitions

  1. beluga, kaluga, European sturgeon

Ancestry of “kitasampi”, step by step

kitasampi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sampi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsampisturgeon; European sea sturgeon, common sturgeon,...
2Proto-Finnicsampisturgeon (Acipenseridae)
3Proto-Uralicśampe—

via Finnish kita

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