Where does “faala” come from?

faala (Southern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic fālēs, from Proto-Germanic hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos — large fish; sheatfish.

faala (Southern Sami): whale

Definitions

  1. whale

Ancestry of “faala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicfālēswhale
2Proto-Germanichwalazwhale, sheatfish
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwalaz →Every word from Proto-Samic fālēs →