Where does “kalajauho” come from?

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

kalajauho (Finnish): fishmeal

Definitions

  1. fishmeal

Ancestry of “kalajauho”, step by step

kalajauho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish jauho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhoflour
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*jauho—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →