Where does “kalajuttu” come from?

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

kalajuttu (Finnish): tall story, fish story exaggerated story

Definitions

  1. tall story, fish story exaggerated story

Ancestry of “kalajuttu”, step by step

kalajuttu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish juttu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuttutalk; tale; anecdote
2Proto-Finnicjuttutalk
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjukta-to tell
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →