Where does “kalaliemi” come from?

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

kalaliemi (Finnish): fish stock, fish broth, fish bouillon

Definitions

  1. fish stock, fish broth, fish bouillon

Ancestry of “kalaliemi”, step by step

kalaliemi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish liemi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliemibroth; stock; liquor
2Proto-Finnicleemibroth, soup
3Proto-Uraliclämebroth

Words derived from “kalaliemi

Every word from Proto-Uralic käläEvery word from Proto-Finnic kalaEvery word from Finnish kala
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