Where does “velhokala” come from?

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

velhokala (Finnish): stonefish

Definitions

  1. stonefish

Ancestry of “velhokala”, step by step

velhokala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish velho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvelhowizard
2Russianволхвmagus, mage; a priest
3Old East Slavicвълхвъwizard, mage
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