Where does “särkikala” come from?
särkikala (Finnish) comes from Finnish särki, from Finnish särkeä, from Proto-Finnic särkedäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ćärke-.
särkikala (Finnish): cyprinid; the family Cyprinidae
Definitions
- cyprinid; the family Cyprinidae
Ancestry of “särkikala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | särki | roach; Third-person singular indicative past form... |
| 2 | Finnish | särkeä | to break; to be sore, ache; Partitive singular ... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | särkedäk | to be sore, to ache; to break |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | ćärke- | — |