Where does “okakala” come from?

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

okakala (Finnish): cobia, crabeater, Rachycentron canadum carangiform Marine fish found in warm-temperate to tropical waters

Definitions

  1. cobia, crabeater, Rachycentron canadum carangiform Marine fish found in warm-temperate to tropical waters

Ancestry of “okakala”, step by step

okakala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish oka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishokathorn, prickle
2Spanishocagoose, especially of the domestic European...
3Quechuauqaoca, Oxalis tuberosa, an edible tuber
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