Where does “kalanaama” come from?

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

kalanaama (Finnish): an extremely hungover person or someone who looks hungover

Definitions

  1. an extremely hungover person or someone who looks hungover

Ancestry of “kalanaama”, step by step

kalanaama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish naama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaamaface; face, mouth
2Proto-Samicnāmēvelvet on reindeer antlers
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →