Where does “mustarumpukala” come from?

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

mustarumpukala (Finnish): black drum, drummer, Pogonias cromis species of fish

Definitions

  1. black drum, drummer, Pogonias cromis species of fish

Ancestry of “mustarumpukala”, step by step

mustarumpukala traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish rumpu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrumpudrum; cylinder; underpass built under e.g. roads...
2Old Swedishtrumba—

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →