Where does “kalavale” come from?
kalavale (Finnish) comes from Finnish kala, from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä — fish.
kalavale (Finnish): fish story an
Ancestry of “kalavale”, step by step
kalavale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kala | fish; fishing; seafood |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kala | fish |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kälä | fish |
via Finnish vale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vale | A lie; an untruth; a fabrication; As modifier in... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | valeh | lie, untruth |
| 3 | Persian | واله | enamored, distraught (e.g. with love) |