Where does “kalakirja” come from?

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

kalakirja (Finnish): book about fish

Definitions

  1. book about fish

Ancestry of “kalakirja”, step by step

kalakirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →