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Where does “turskakala” come from?

turskakala (Finnish) comes from Finnish turska, from Proto-Finnic turska, from Proto-Germanic þurskaz, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

turskakala (Finnish): Any species of fish in the taxonomic order...

Definitions

  1. Any species of fish in the taxonomic order...

Ancestry of “turskakala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishturskaA cod; loss
2Proto-Finnicturska—
3Proto-Germanicþurskazcod
4Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →