Where does “kalastus” come from?

kalastus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalastaa, from Ingrian kala, from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä — fish.

kalastus (Finnish): fishing

Definitions

  1. fishing

Ancestry of “kalastus”, step by step

kalastus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalastaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkalastaaTo fish
2Ingriankalafish
3Proto-Finnickalafish
4Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “kalastus

Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä
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