Where does “kalankasvattamo” come from?

kalankasvattamo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvattamo, from Finnish kasvattaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kalankasvattamo (Finnish): fish farm

Definitions

  1. fish farm

Ancestry of “kalankasvattamo”, step by step

kalankasvattamo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasvattamo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasvattamohatchery
2FinnishkasvattaaTo let grow; To grow, raise, breed; To rear,...
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak