Where does “rustokala” come from?

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

rustokala (Finnish): cartilaginous fish

Definitions

  1. cartilaginous fish

Ancestry of “rustokala”, step by step

rustokala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish rusto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrustocartilage; gristle
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →