Where does “miekkakala” come from?

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

miekkakala (Finnish): A swordfish

Definitions

  1. A swordfish

Ancestry of “miekkakala”, step by step

miekkakala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish miekka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiekkasword
2Proto-Finnicmeekkasword
3Proto-Germanicmēkijazsword
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →