Where does “tonnikala” come from?

tonnikala (Finnish) comes from Swedish tonfisk, from Swedish fisk, from Old Swedish fisker, from Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

tonnikala (Finnish): tuna fish; flesh of the fish used as food

Definitions

  1. tuna fish; flesh of the fish used as food

Ancestry of “tonnikala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtonfisktuna (as fish and food)
2Swedishfiskfish
3Old Swedishfiskerfish
4Old Norsefiskra fish
5Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
6Indo-European*peysk-

Words derived from “tonnikala

Every word from Indo-European *peysk-
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