Where does “pikkutuulenkala” come from?

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

pikkutuulenkala (Finnish): lesser sand eel, Ammodytes tobianus

Definitions

  1. lesser sand eel, Ammodytes tobianus

Ancestry of “pikkutuulenkala”, step by step

pikkutuulenkala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuulenkala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuulenkalasand lance, sand eel
2Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
3Proto-Finnickalafish
4Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Finnish pikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
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