Where does “pietarinkala” come from?

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

pietarinkala (Finnish): John Dory, "Zeus faber"

Definitions

  1. John Dory, "Zeus faber"

Ancestry of “pietarinkala”, step by step

pietarinkala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish Pietari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPietariPeter; Saint Petersburg, a city in Russia
2Ancient GreekΠέτροςPeter
3Ancient Greekπέτροςrock, stone, boulder; type of reed
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