Where does “lepakkokala” come from?
lepakkokala (Finnish) comes from Finnish kala, from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä.
lepakkokala (Finnish): batfish
Ancestry of “lepakkokala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kala | fish; fishing; seafood |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kala | fish |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kälä | — |