Where does “nuotiokala” come from?

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

nuotiokala (Finnish): fish cooked over a campfire

Definitions

  1. fish cooked over a campfire

Ancestry of “nuotiokala”, step by step

nuotiokala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish nuotio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuotiocampfire, fire open fire, for example for cooking or heating
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →