Where does “kalahyytelö” come from?

kalahyytelö (Finnish) comes from Finnish hyytelö, from Finnish hyyde, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

kalahyytelö (Finnish): fish jelly, fish gelatin

Definitions

  1. fish jelly, fish gelatin

Ancestry of “kalahyytelö”, step by step

kalahyytelö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hyytelö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhyytelögelee, jelly
2Finnishhyydeslush; sludge; frazil ice
3Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
4Finnishhartiashoulder
5Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
6Greekχαρτίpaper
7Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
8Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
9Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης
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