Where does “mätikala” come from?

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

mätikala (Finnish): female fish

Definitions

  1. female fish

Ancestry of “mätikala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →