Where does “roskakala” come from?
roskakala (Finnish) comes from Finnish kala, from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä.
roskakala (Finnish): trash fish, rough fish
Ancestry of “roskakala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kala | fish; fishing; seafood |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kala | fish |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kälä | — |