Where does “tuulenkala” come from?

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

tuulenkala (Finnish): sand lance, sand eel

Definitions

  1. sand lance, sand eel

Ancestry of “tuulenkala”, step by step

tuulenkala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish tuulen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtuulenGenitive singular form of tuuli; Accusative...

Words derived from “tuulenkala”

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