Where does “kalakassi” come from?

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

kalakassi (Finnish): fish bag

Definitions

  1. fish bag

Ancestry of “kalakassi”, step by step

kalakassi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish kassi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkassibag, satchel, tote bag; scrotum
2Swedishkassebag
3Old Swedishkarsebasket made from bast or rope
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →