Where does “kalasakset” come from?

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

kalasakset (Finnish): fish shears

Definitions

  1. fish shears

Ancestry of “kalasakset”, step by step

kalasakset traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish sakset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaksetscissors; shears; scissors; pincers, claws
2Swedishsaxa pair of scissors; shears; "short of" saxofon; a...
3Swedishsaxofonsaxophone
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