Where does “tapparakala” come from?

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

tapparakala (Finnish): freshwater hatchetfish

Definitions

  1. freshwater hatchetfish

Ancestry of “tapparakala”, step by step

tapparakala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish tappara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapparabattle axe, axe
2Old East Slavicтопоръpoleaxe; a tool for cutting/felling/chopping and...
3Proto-Slavictoporъaxe; combat tool

Words derived from “tapparakala”

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