Where does “kalja” come from?

kalja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaleja — Partitive plural form of kali.

kalja (Finnish): beer; "short for" kotikalja; kvass

Definitions

  1. beer; "short for" kotikalja; kvass

Ancestry of “kalja”, step by step

kalja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaleja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkalejaPartitive plural form of kali

via Finnish kaleta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaleta—

Words derived from “kalja”

Every word from Finnish kaleja →