Where does “kalahuuhkaja” come from?

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

kalahuuhkaja (Finnish): fish owl

Definitions

  1. fish owl

Ancestry of “kalahuuhkaja”, step by step

kalahuuhkaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish huuhkaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuuhkajaeagle owl; horned owl; Eurasian eagle-owl, eagle...
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