Where does “kalankasvatus” come from?

kalankasvatus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvatus, from Finnish kasvattaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kalankasvatus (Finnish): fish farming, pisciculture

Definitions

  1. fish farming, pisciculture

Ancestry of “kalankasvatus”, step by step

kalankasvatus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasvatus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasvatusrearing; upbringing; raising
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 -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →