Where does “kalamaja” come from?

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

kalamaja (Finnish): fishing cabin, fishing hut

Definitions

  1. fishing cabin, fishing hut

Ancestry of “kalamaja”, step by step

kalamaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish maja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmajahut
2Proto-Finnicmajahouse
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →