Where does “lohikala” come from?

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

lohikala (Finnish): salmonid

Definitions

  1. salmonid

Ancestry of “lohikala”, step by step

lohikala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish lohi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlohisalmon; Atlantic salmon
2Proto-Finniclohisalmon
3Proto-Balticlaśas—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →