Where does “savukala” come from?

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

savukala (Finnish): smoked fish

Definitions

  1. smoked fish

Ancestry of “savukala”, step by step

savukala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish savu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsavusmoke; a residential building with a chimney, a...
2Proto-Finnicsavu—
3Proto-Finno-Permicsawe—

Words derived from “savukala”

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