Where does “möhkökala” come from?

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

Ancestry of “möhkökala”, step by step

möhkökala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish möhkö

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