Where does “kolkkakalastus” come from?

kolkkakalastus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalastus, from Finnish kalastaa, from Ingrian kala, from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä — fish.

kolkkakalastus (Finnish): clubbing; fishing with a club by slamming it into the ice to stun the fish

Definitions

  1. clubbing; fishing with a club by slamming it into the ice to stun the fish

Ancestry of “kolkkakalastus”, step by step

kolkkakalastus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalastus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalastusfishing
2FinnishkalastaaTo fish
3Ingriankalafish
4Proto-Finnickalafish
5Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Finnish kolkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolkkacorner; canton; bolt
2Finnishkolkatato knock out; to knock down; to clank, clatter
3EnglishKolkataformerly known in English as Calcutta
4Bengaliকলকাতা—
5Bengaliকলিকাতা—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Ingrian kala →