Where does “miekkakala” come from?
miekkakala (Finnish) comes from Finnish kala, from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä.
miekkakala (Finnish): A swordfish
Ancestry of “miekkakala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kala | fish; fishing; seafood |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kala | fish |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kälä | — |