Where does “miekkasampi” come from?

miekkasampi (Finnish) comes from Finnish miekka, from Proto-Finnic meekka, from Proto-Germanic mēkijaz — sword.

miekkasampi (Finnish): paddlefish

Definitions

  1. paddlefish

Ancestry of “miekkasampi”, step by step

miekkasampi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish miekka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiekkasword
2Proto-Finnicmeekkasword
3Proto-Germanicmēkijazsword

via Finnish sampi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsampisturgeon; European sea sturgeon, common sturgeon,...
2Proto-Finnicsampisturgeon (Acipenseridae)
3Proto-Uralicśampe—
Every word from Proto-Germanic mēkijaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic meekka →Every word from Finnish miekka →