Where does “lippulehtikala” come from?

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

lippulehtikala (Finnish): altum angelfish, deep angelfish, Orinoco angelfish, Pterophyllum altum

Definitions

  1. altum angelfish, deep angelfish, Orinoco angelfish, Pterophyllum altum

Ancestry of “lippulehtikala”, step by step

lippulehtikala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lehtikala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehtikalaangelfish fish of the genus
2Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
3Proto-Finnickalafish
4Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Finnish lippu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlippuflag, banner; colours; sheet, ticket
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →