Where does “tonnikalapizza” come from?

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

tonnikalapizza (Finnish): tuna pizza

Definitions

  1. tuna pizza

Ancestry of “tonnikalapizza”, step by step

tonnikalapizza traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tonnikala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtonnikalatuna fish; flesh of the fish used as food
2Swedishtonfisktuna (as fish and food)
3Swedishfiskfish
4Old Swedishfiskerfish
5Old Norsefiskra fish
6Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
7Indo-European*peysk-—

via Finnish pizza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpizzapizza
2Neapolitanpizzapizza
3Byzantine Greekπίταcake, pie; pie; Alternative form of πίττα , Attic...
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →