Where does “velhokala” come from?
velhokala (Finnish) comes from Finnish kala, from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä.
velhokala (Finnish): stonefish
Ancestry of “velhokala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kala | fish; fishing; seafood |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kala | fish |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kälä | — |