Where does “peledsiika” come from?

peledsiika (Finnish) comes from Finnish siika, from Proto-Finnic siika — common whitefish, lavaret (Coregonus lavaretus).

peledsiika (Finnish): peled, northern whitefish, Coregonus peled

Definitions

  1. peled, northern whitefish, Coregonus peled

Ancestry of “peledsiika”, step by step

peledsiika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiikacommon whitefish, lavaret, or any of its subspecies
2Proto-Finnicsiikacommon whitefish, lavaret (Coregonus lavaretus)

via Russian пе́лядь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпе́лядьpeled fish
Every word from Proto-Finnic siika →Every word from Finnish siika →