Where does “kalatahna” come from?

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

kalatahna (Finnish): fish paste

Definitions

  1. fish paste

Ancestry of “kalatahna”, step by step

kalatahna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish tahna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtahnapaste
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →