Where does “kalliokala” come from?

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

kalliokala (Finnish): dried and salted cod, saltfish

Definitions

  1. dried and salted cod, saltfish

Ancestry of “kalliokala”, step by step

kalliokala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish Kallio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKallioAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kallijo—
3Proto-Germanichallijǭ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →
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