Where does “jääkolkka” come from?

jääkolkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolkka, from Finnish kolkata, from English Kolkata, from Bengali কলকাতা, from Bengali কলিকাতা.

jääkolkka (Finnish): ice stock sport, Bavarian curling

Definitions

  1. ice stock sport, Bavarian curling

Ancestry of “jääkolkka”, step by step

jääkolkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kolkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolkkacorner; canton; bolt
2Finnishkolkatato knock out; to knock down; to clank, clatter
3EnglishKolkataformerly known in English as Calcutta
4Bengaliকলকাতা—
5Bengaliকলিকাতা—

via Finnish jää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjääice; rock; in the expression on the rocks =...
2Proto-Finnicjääice
3Proto-Uralicjäŋeice
Every word from Bengali কলিকাতা →Every word from Bengali কলকাতা →Every word from English Kolkata →