Where does “kalaisuus” come from?

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

kalaisuus (Finnish): richness in fish such as of a lake, diet, etc

Definitions

  1. richness in fish such as of a lake, diet, etc

Ancestry of “kalaisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalainenrich in fish
2Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
3Proto-Finnickalafish
4Proto-Uralickäläfish
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