Where does “kalakouru” come from?

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

kalakouru (Finnish): fish flume flume used as fishway, e.g. to allow the fish bypass a dam

Definitions

  1. fish flume flume used as fishway, e.g. to allow the fish bypass a dam

Ancestry of “kalakouru”, step by step

kalakouru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish kouru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkouruchute, gutter
2Finnishkourafist; grapple, grab
3Proto-Finnickoprahollow of the hand
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