Where does “kalakenttä” come from?

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

kalakenttä (Finnish): a traditional fishing hut or other temporary residence for fishermen

Definitions

  1. a traditional fishing hut or other temporary residence for fishermen

Ancestry of “kalakenttä”, step by step

kalakenttä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish kenttä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenttäfield; A limited area where a game is played, a...
2Proto-Samickientēmeadow, field
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →