Where does “kalatiira” come from?

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

kalatiira (Finnish): common tern, "Sterna hirundo"

Definitions

  1. common tern, "Sterna hirundo"

Ancestry of “kalatiira”, step by step

kalatiira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish tiira

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