Where does “sampikala” come from?

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

sampikala (Finnish): a fish in the order Acipenseriformes

Definitions

  1. a fish in the order Acipenseriformes

Ancestry of “sampikala”, step by step

sampikala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish sampi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsampisturgeon; European sea sturgeon, common sturgeon,...
2Proto-Finnicsampisturgeon (Acipenseridae)
3Proto-Uralicśampe—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →
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