Where does “hepokala” come from?

hepokala (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian kala, from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä — fish.

hepokala (Ingrian): tench

Definitions

  1. tench

Ancestry of “hepokala”, step by step

hepokala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankalafish
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Ingrian hepo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianhepopiggyback
Every word from Proto-Uralic käläEvery word from Proto-Finnic kalaEvery word from Ingrian kala
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