Where does “kampala” come from?

kampala (Karelian) comes from Russian камбала, from Finnish kampela, from Finnish kampi, from Proto-Finnic kampi.

kampala (Karelian): flounder

Definitions

  1. flounder

Ancestry of “kampala”, 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 →