Where does “viilakala” come from?

viilakala (Finnish) comes from Finnish viila, from Swedish fil, from Middle Low German vīle, from Old Saxon fila, from Proto-Germanic *fį̄hlu, from Proto-Germanic finhlō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

viilakala (Finnish): filefish

Definitions

  1. filefish

Ancestry of “viilakala”, step by step

viilakala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviilafile
2Swedishfila file; a row of objects; most commonly used...
3Middle Low Germanvīle—
4Old Saxonfila—
5Proto-Germanic*fį̄hlu—
6Proto-Germanicfinhlōrasp; file
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic finhlō →Every word from Proto-Germanic *fį̄hlu →
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