Where does “kutukala” come from?

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

kutukala (Finnish): spawner, spawning fish

Definitions

  1. spawner, spawning fish

Ancestry of “kutukala”, step by step

kutukala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish kutu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkutuspawn
2Proto-Finnickütübrother-in-law
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickiδɜ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →