Where does “kahle” come from?

kahle (Finnish) comes from Finnish kahlata, from Proto-Uralic kälä — fish.

kahle (Finnish): shackle; the open end of a dragnet or seine

Definitions

  1. shackle; the open end of a dragnet or seine

Ancestry of “kahle”, step by step

kahle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahlata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkahlataTo wade; To progress with difficulty
2Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Finnish kahleh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahleh—

Words derived from “kahle”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Finnish kahlata →