Where does “kalaväylä” come from?

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

kalaväylä (Finnish): fish passage, fishway area of water kept open for fish to move

Definitions

  1. fish passage, fishway area of water kept open for fish to move

Ancestry of “kalaväylä”, step by step

kalaväylä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish väylä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväyläany route one can travel, especially one that is...
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