Where does “säppikala” come from?

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

säppikala (Finnish): leatherjacket, triggerfish

Definitions

  1. leatherjacket, triggerfish

Ancestry of “säppikala”, step by step

säppikala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish säppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäppilatch

Words derived from “säppikala”

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