Where does “kalamees” come from?
kalamees (Estonian) comes from Estonian kala, from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä.
kalamees (Estonian): fisherman, fisher
Ancestry of “kalamees”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Estonian | kala | fish |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kala | fish |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kälä | — |