Where does “kalapottu” come from?

kalapottu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pottu, from Finnish potaatti, from Swedish potatis, from English potatoes, from Spanish patata, from Taíno batata — sweet potato.

kalapottu (Finnish): Northern Finnish dish made of potatoes and fish

Definitions

  1. Northern Finnish dish made of potatoes and fish

Ancestry of “kalapottu”, step by step

kalapottu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pottu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpottupotato, spud; potty; bottle, especially one of...
2Finnishpotaattipotato
3Swedishpotatispotato
4Englishpotatoesplural of potato
5Spanishpatatapotato; piece of rubbish
6Taínobatatasweet potato

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Taíno batataEvery word from Spanish patataEvery word from English potatoes
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