Where does “kalakirves” come from?

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

kalakirves (Finnish): fishing gaff

Definitions

  1. fishing gaff

Ancestry of “kalakirves”, step by step

kalakirves traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish kirves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvesaxe
2Proto-Finnickirvesaxe
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →