Where does “kotkakala” come from?

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

kotkakala (Finnish): meagre, "Argyrosomus regius"

Definitions

  1. meagre, "Argyrosomus regius"

Ancestry of “kotkakala”, step by step

kotkakala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish Kotka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKotkaThe constellation Aquila
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →