Where does “liekkikala” come from?

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

liekkikala (Finnish): red bandfish, "Cepola macrophthalma", also...

Definitions

  1. red bandfish, "Cepola macrophthalma", also...

Ancestry of “liekkikala”, step by step

liekkikala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish liekki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliekkiflame; Short for liekkiviina
2Proto-Finnicleekkiflame
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →