Where does “kalalokki” come from?

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

kalalokki (Finnish): common gull

Definitions

  1. common gull

Ancestry of “kalalokki”, step by step

kalalokki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish lokki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlokkigull, seagull
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →