Where does “kalanmäti” come from?

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

kalanmäti (Finnish): fish roe

Definitions

  1. fish roe

Ancestry of “kalanmäti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →
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