Where does “kalapato” come from?

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

kalapato (Finnish): fishweir, weir

Definitions

  1. fishweir, weir

Ancestry of “kalapato”, step by step

kalapato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish pato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpatodam, dike
2Finnishpäteäto apply, be valid
3Proto-Finnicpätedäk—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →