Where does “kalahauta” come from?
kalahauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kala, from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä — fish.
kalahauta (Finnish): a deep (primarily) inhabited by fish
Definitions
- a deep (primarily) inhabited by fish
Ancestry of “kalahauta”, step by step
kalahauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kala | fish; fishing; seafood |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kala | fish |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kälä | fish |
via Finnish hauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hauta | grave, tomb; trench; kiln, in the compound term... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sauþaz | boiling; seething; wellspring; fountain; source;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂sewt- | to roil; to move about, roil, seethe |