Where does “kolkkakala” come from?

kolkkakala (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolkka, from Finnish kolkata, from English Kolkata, from Bengali কলকাতা, from Bengali কলিকাতা.

kolkkakala (Finnish): A method of fishing in which a fish that has its...

Definitions

  1. A method of fishing in which a fish that has its...

Ancestry of “kolkkakala”, step by step

kolkkakala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kolkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolkkacorner; canton; bolt
2Finnishkolkatato knock out; to knock down; to clank, clatter
3EnglishKolkataformerly known in English as Calcutta
4Bengaliকলকাতা—
5Bengaliকলিকাতা—

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Bengali কলিকাতা →Every word from Bengali কলকাতা →Every word from English Kolkata →