Where does “simppukala” come from?

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

simppukala (Finnish): scorpaeniform

Definitions

  1. scorpaeniform

Ancestry of “simppukala”, step by step

simppukala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish simppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsimppusculpin; plebe
2Swedishsimpasculpin fish in the
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