Where does “seitivalas” come from?

seitivalas (Finnish) comes from Finnish valas, from Proto-Samic fālēs, from Proto-Germanic hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos — large fish; sheatfish.

seitivalas (Finnish): sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis

Definitions

  1. sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis

Ancestry of “seitivalas”, step by step

seitivalas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish valas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalaswhale
2Proto-Samicfālēswhale
3Proto-Germanichwalazwhale, sheatfish
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish

via Finnish seiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseitisaithe, pollock
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwalaz →Every word from Proto-Samic fālēs →