Where does “vaelluskala” come from?

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

vaelluskala (Finnish): migratory fish

Definitions

  1. migratory fish

Ancestry of “vaelluskala”, step by step

vaelluskala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish vaellus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaellushike; peregrination; migration
2FinnishvaeltaaTo wander, roam, travel, trek, ramble; to hike;...
3Finnish-eltaaVariant of -ltaa
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →