Where does “kalanruoto” come from?

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

kalanruoto (Finnish): A fishbone; A skeleton of a fish. In this sense...

Definitions

  1. A fishbone; A skeleton of a fish. In this sense...

Ancestry of “kalanruoto”, step by step

kalanruoto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish ruoto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruotofishbone, bone; shaft, stem; spine, chine
2Proto-Germanicrōdōrod, pole
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrōt-—

Words derived from “kalanruoto”

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