Where does “manalankala” come from?

manalankala (Finnish) comes from Finnish manala, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

manalankala (Finnish): Any fish of the genus Lucifuga, consisting of eight species native to caves and sinkholes of Cuba, the Bahamas and Galapagos Islands

Definitions

  1. Any fish of the genus Lucifuga, consisting of eight species native to caves and sinkholes of Cuba, the Bahamas and Galapagos Islands

Ancestry of “manalankala”, step by step

manalankala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish manala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmanalaThe place where people go after death; Any...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →
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