Where does “kraavikala” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kraavikala”, step by step

kraavikala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish kraavi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkraavi—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →
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