Where does “камбалообразные” come from?

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

камбалообразные (Russian): Pleuronectiformes a biological order that includes flounders, soles, turbot, plaice, and halibut

Definitions

  1. Pleuronectiformes a biological order that includes flounders, soles, turbot, plaice, and halibut

Ancestry of “камбалообразные”, step by step

камбалообразные traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian камбала

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

via Russian о́браз

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianо́бразlooking; shape, image, figure
Every word from Proto-Finnic kampi →Every word from Finnish kampi →Every word from Finnish kampela →