Where does “rihmakala” come from?

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

rihmakala (Finnish): gourami freshwater fish of the family Osphronemidae

Definitions

  1. gourami freshwater fish of the family Osphronemidae

Ancestry of “rihmakala”, step by step

rihmakala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish rihma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrihmathread; snare
2Proto-Finnicrihmastrap

Words derived from “rihmakala”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →