Where does “mantelikala” come from?

mantelikala (Finnish) comes from Finnish manteli, from Swedish mandel, from German mandel, from Middle High German mandel, from Old High German mandala, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη — almond; peach stone.

mantelikala (Finnish): baked almond-crusted fish; fish coated in a butter-cream sauce with almond flakes and baked

Definitions

  1. baked almond-crusted fish; fish coated in a butter-cream sauce with almond flakes and baked

Ancestry of “mantelikala”, step by step

mantelikala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish manteli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmantelialmond
2Swedishmandelan almond, a kind of nut; a tonsil
3Germanmandelalmond
4Middle High Germanmandel
5Old High Germanmandalaalmond
6Latinamygdalaalmond tree; almond; tonsil
7Ancient Greekἀμυγδάληalmond; peach stone

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάληEvery word from Latin amygdalaEvery word from Old High German mandala
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