Where does “kambala” come from?

kambala (Pali) comes from Russian камбала, from Finnish kampela, from Finnish kampi, from Proto-Finnic kampi.

kambala (Pali): flannel; wool; woolen; woolen clothes

Definitions

  1. flannel; wool; woolen; woolen clothes

Ancestry of “kambala”, step by step

kambala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian камбала

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкамбалаflounder, plaice, sole
2Finnishkampelaflounder, fluke, European flounder; flatfish
3Finnishkampicrank
4Proto-Finnickampi—

via Sanskrit कम्बल

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकम्बलblanket

Words derived from “kambala”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kampi →Every word from Finnish kampi →Every word from Finnish kampela →