Where does “kalajalostamo” come from?

kalajalostamo (Finnish) comes from Finnish jalostamo, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

kalajalostamo (Finnish): fish processing plant

Definitions

  1. fish processing plant

Ancestry of “kalajalostamo”, step by step

kalajalostamo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jalostamo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalostamorefinery
2Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
3Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
4Proto-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 -mö →