Where does “kalatie” come from?

kalatie (Finnish) comes from Finnish tie, from Proto-Finnic tee, from Proto-Uralic teje — way, road, path.

kalatie (Finnish): fishway

Definitions

  1. fishway

Ancestry of “kalatie”, step by step

kalatie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtieway; road; avenue
2Proto-Finnicteeway, road
3Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Finnish tie →