Where does “kalakota” come from?

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

kalakota (Finnish): fishing hut

Definitions

  1. fishing hut

Ancestry of “kalakota”, step by step

kalakota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish kota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkotaA conical or hemispherical shelter with an open...
2Proto-Finno-Ugrickotatent, hut, house
3Proto-Uralickotahut, tent, tepee
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