Where does “möhkäkala” come from?

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

möhkäkala (Finnish): sunfish; ocean sunfish, common mola, "Mola mola"

Definitions

  1. sunfish; ocean sunfish, common mola, "Mola mola"

Ancestry of “möhkäkala”, step by step

möhkäkala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish möhkäle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmöhkälelump
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →
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