Where does “venäjänsampi” come from?

venäjänsampi (Finnish) comes from Finnish sampi, from Proto-Finnic sampi, from Proto-Uralic śampe.

venäjänsampi (Finnish): Russian sturgeon

Definitions

  1. Russian sturgeon

Ancestry of “venäjänsampi”, step by step

venäjänsampi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sampi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsampisturgeon; European sea sturgeon, common sturgeon,...
2Proto-Finnicsampisturgeon (Acipenseridae)
3Proto-Uralicśampe—

via Finnish venäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvenäjäRussian
2FinnishvenätA Russian
Every word from Proto-Uralic śampe →Every word from Proto-Finnic sampi →Every word from Finnish sampi →