Where does “kalakakko” come from?

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

kalakakko (Finnish): a kind of traditional fish dumpling

Definitions

  1. a kind of traditional fish dumpling

Ancestry of “kalakakko”, step by step

kalakakko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Proto-Indo-European kakko-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankakko-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →