Where does “kalakeitto” come from?

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

kalakeitto (Finnish): fish soup

Definitions

  1. fish soup

Ancestry of “kalakeitto”, step by step

kalakeitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish keitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeittosoup; boiling; booze
2FinnishkeittääTo boil; to boil over; To cook; To cook up
3Proto-Uralickeje-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →