Where does “hiisnikkakala” come from?

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

hiisnikkakala (Ingrian): carnivorous fish

Definitions

  1. carnivorous fish

Ancestry of “hiisnikkakala”, step by step

hiisnikkakala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankalafish
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Ingrian hiisnikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianhiisnikkacarnivore
2Russianхи́щникpredator any animal or other organism
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Ingrian kala →
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