Where does “kahlehtimaton” come from?

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

kahlehtimaton (Finnish): unchained; Negative participle of kahlehtia

Definitions

  1. unchained; Negative participle of kahlehtia

Ancestry of “kahlehtimaton”, step by step

kahlehtimaton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahlehtia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkahlehtiaAlternative form of kahlita
2Finnishkahleshackle; the open end of a dragnet or seine
3FinnishkahlataTo wade; To progress with difficulty
4Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Finnish maton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmatonGenitive singular form of matto
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Finnish kahlata →Every word from Finnish kahle →