Where does “kalaonni” come from?

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

kalaonni (Finnish): fisherman's luck

Definitions

  1. fisherman's luck

Ancestry of “kalaonni”, step by step

kalaonni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish onni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnihappiness; luck
2Proto-Finniconniluck
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →