Where does “voikala” come from?

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

voikala (Finnish): butterfish

Definitions

  1. butterfish

Ancestry of “voikala”, step by step

voikala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish voi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoibutter; oh; third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnicvoibutter; oh, woe
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwajefat
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →