Where does “teräkala” come from?

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

teräkala (Finnish): featherback, knifefish

Definitions

  1. featherback, knifefish

Ancestry of “teräkala”, step by step

teräkala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish terä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteräblade, edge; head; terminal part of the leg, foot
2Proto-Finnicteräblade, edge; ear of corn; grain, corn
3Proto-Finno-Permicteräedge

Words derived from “teräkala”

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