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Where does “kala” come from?

kala (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä.

kala (Finnish): fish; fishing; seafood

Definitions

  1. fish; fishing; seafood

Ancestry of “kala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickalafish
2Proto-Uralickälä—

Words derived from “kala”

  • kalakukko
  • pusukala
  • kalalisko
  • kalakauppa
  • kolkkakala
  • kalastuskausi
  • pikkutuulenkala
  • säppikala
  • kalatalous
  • roskakala
  • seeprakala
  • kalanviljely
  • miljoonakala
  • velhokala
  • limapääkala
  • sateenkaarikala
  • airokala
  • pallokala
  • turskakala
  • kalakeitto
  • graavikala
  • kapakala
  • imukala
  • virkistyskalastus
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →