Where does “კამბალა” come from?

კამბალა (Georgian) comes from Russian камбала, from Finnish kampela, from Finnish kampi, from Proto-Finnic kampi.

კამბალა (Georgian): brill, flatfish, plaice

Definitions

  1. brill, flatfish, plaice

Ancestry of “კამბალა”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкамбалаflounder, plaice, sole
2Finnishkampelaflounder, fluke, European flounder; flatfish
3Finnishkampicrank
4Proto-Finnickampi—
Every word from Proto-Finnic kampi →Every word from Finnish kampi →Every word from Finnish kampela →