Where does “kalapöllö” come from?

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

kalapöllö (Finnish): fishing owl

Definitions

  1. fishing owl

Ancestry of “kalapöllö”, step by step

kalapöllö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish pöllö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpöllöowl; fool; batty, stupid, crazy, silly
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →