Where does “kalansuomu” come from?

kalansuomu (Finnish) comes from Finnish suomu, from Proto-Finnic soomu, from Proto-Uralic śëme — scale.

kalansuomu (Finnish): fish scale

Definitions

  1. fish scale

Ancestry of “kalansuomu”, step by step

kalansuomu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suomu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuomuscale
2Proto-Finnicsoomuscale
3Proto-Uralicśëmescale

via Finnish kala

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

Words derived from “kalansuomu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic śëme →Every word from Proto-Finnic soomu →Every word from Finnish suomu →