Where does “kalafondi” come from?

kalafondi (Finnish) comes from Finnish fondi, from French fond, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

kalafondi (Finnish): fish fond

Definitions

  1. fish fond

Ancestry of “kalafondi”, step by step

kalafondi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish fondi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishfondifond
2Frenchfondback; bottom; fund; funding
3Latinfundusbottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →