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Where does “tuulenkala” come from?

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

tuulenkala (Finnish): sand lance, sand eel

Definitions

  1. sand lance, sand eel

Ancestry of “tuulenkala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickälä—

Words derived from “tuulenkala”

  • isotuulenkala
  • pikkutuulenkala
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