Where does “kalaretki” come from?

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

kalaretki (Finnish): fish trip

Definitions

  1. fish trip

Ancestry of “kalaretki”, step by step

kalaretki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish retki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishretkitrip; expedition
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →