Where does “krottikala” come from?

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

krottikala (Finnish): anglerfish; Lophiiformes

Definitions

  1. anglerfish; Lophiiformes

Ancestry of “krottikala”, step by step

krottikala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish krotti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkrottianglerfish
2Swedishgrodkvabba—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →
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