Where does “kaljavelli” come from?

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

kaljavelli (Finnish): a gruel made of kotikalja or kvass, milk and syrup

Definitions

  1. a gruel made of kotikalja or kvass, milk and syrup

Ancestry of “kaljavelli”, step by step

kaljavelli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaljabeer; "short for" kotikalja; kvass
2FinnishkalejaPartitive plural form of kali

via Finnish velli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvelligruel
2Swedishvällinggruel, soup made from cereal, thin porridge
Every word from Finnish kaleja →Every word from Finnish kalja →