Where does “kalanmakuinen” come from?

kalanmakuinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish makuinen, from Finnish maku, from Proto-Finnic maku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

kalanmakuinen (Finnish): tasting like fish

Definitions

  1. tasting like fish

Ancestry of “kalanmakuinen”, step by step

kalanmakuinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish makuinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmakuinen-tasting
2Finnishmakutaste, flavor; sense of taste; flavor of a quark...
3Proto-Finnicmakutaste, flavour
4Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smakkuz →Every word from Proto-Finnic maku →