Where does “kalafile” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kalafile”, step by step

kalafile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Finnish file

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishfile—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →