Where does “ruijanpallas” come from?

ruijanpallas (Finnish) comes from Finnish pallas — halibut.

ruijanpallas (Finnish): Atlantic halibut, "Hippoglossus hippoglossus"

Definitions

  1. Atlantic halibut, "Hippoglossus hippoglossus"

Ancestry of “ruijanpallas”, step by step

ruijanpallas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pallas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpallashalibut

via Finnish Ruija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishRuijaof Finnmark
Every word from Finnish pallas