Where does “mutakala” come from?

mutakala (Finnish) comes from Finnish muta, from Proto-Finnic muta, from Proto-Uralic muďa — earth.

mutakala (Finnish): weatherfish

Definitions

  1. weatherfish

Ancestry of “mutakala”, step by step

mutakala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmutamire, mud; decaying organic matter in the bottom...
2Proto-Finnicmutamud
3Proto-Uralicmuďaearth

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Uralic muďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic muta →Every word from Finnish muta →