Where does “kalailma” come from?

kalailma (Finnish) comes from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

kalailma (Finnish): fishing weather often preceded by an adjective describing quality such as good or bad

Definitions

  1. fishing weather often preceded by an adjective describing quality such as good or bad

Ancestry of “kalailma”, step by step

kalailma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Ilma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishIlmaair
2Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
3Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
4Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
5Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ri →