Where does “kalat” come from?

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

kalat (Finnish): Nominative plural form of kala

Definitions

  1. Nominative plural form of kala

Ancestry of “kalat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →