Where does “kupusilli” come from?

kupusilli (Finnish) comes from Finnish silli, from Swedish sill, from Old Norse síld, from Proto-Germanic sīlą — a kind of fish; a launce, sand eel; a herring.

kupusilli (Finnish): American gizzard shad, mud shad, Dorosoma cepedianum fish of the herring family native to large swaths of fresh and brackish waters of the United States of America

Definitions

  1. American gizzard shad, mud shad, Dorosoma cepedianum fish of the herring family native to large swaths of fresh and brackish waters of the United States of America

Ancestry of “kupusilli”, step by step

kupusilli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish silli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsilliAtlantic herring, "Clupea harengus"; any of the...
2Swedishsilla herring
3Old Norsesíldherring
4Proto-Germanicsīląa kind of fish; a launce, sand eel; a herring

via Finnish kupu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkupudome; canopy; crop, craw
2Proto-Finnickupucrop, craw
Every word from Proto-Germanic sīlą