Where does “горбуша” come from?

горбуша (Russian) comes from Russian горб, from Old East Slavic гърбъ, from Proto-Slavic *gъrbъ.

горбуша (Russian): pink salmon, humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)

Definitions

  1. pink salmon, humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)

Ancestry of “горбуша”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianгорбhump, hunch
2Old East Slavicгърбъ—
3Proto-Slavic*gъrbъ—

Words derived from “горбуша”

Every word from Proto-Slavic *gъrbъ →Every word from Old East Slavic гърбъ →Every word from Russian горб →