Where does “kalapulk” come from?

kalapulk (Estonian) comes from Estonian kala, from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä — fish.

kalapulk (Estonian): fish finger, fish stick

Definitions

  1. fish finger, fish stick

Ancestry of “kalapulk”, step by step

kalapulk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankalafish
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Estonian pulk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpulk—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Estonian kala →