Where does “kalasää” come from?

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

kalasää (Finnish): fishing weather

Definitions

  1. fishing weather

Ancestry of “kalasää”, step by step

kalasää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish sää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsääweather; you; fiber, thread, strand
2Proto-Finnicsääweather
3Proto-Finno-Ugricsäŋeair
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →