Where does “pronssiteräkala” come from?

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

pronssiteräkala (Finnish): bronze featherback

Definitions

  1. bronze featherback

Ancestry of “pronssiteräkala”, step by step

pronssiteräkala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teräkala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteräkalafeatherback, knifefish
2Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
3Proto-Finnickalafish
4Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Finnish pronssi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpronssibronze; third place, third position; "short for"...
2Swedishbronsbronze; a bronze sculpture; a bronze medal
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