Where does “kalanliha” come from?

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

kalanliha (Finnish): fish meat

Definitions

  1. fish meat

Ancestry of “kalanliha”, step by step

kalanliha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish liha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihameat; flesh
2Proto-Finniclihameat
3Proto-Finniclišaaddition, increase
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →