Where does “kalastusalue” come from?

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

kalastusalue (Finnish): fishing ground

Definitions

  1. fishing ground

Ancestry of “kalastusalue”, step by step

kalastusalue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalastus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalastusfishing
2FinnishkalastaaTo fish
3Ingriankalafish
4Proto-Finnickalafish
5Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Ingrian kala →