Where does “lepakkokala” come from?

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

lepakkokala (Finnish): batfish

Definitions

  1. batfish

Ancestry of “lepakkokala”, step by step

lepakkokala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish lepakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlepakkobat; lesbian, dyke
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →