Where does “riistokalastus” come from?

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

riistokalastus (Finnish): overfishing, exploitative fishing

Definitions

  1. overfishing, exploitative fishing

Ancestry of “riistokalastus”, step by step

riistokalastus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalastus

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

via Finnish riisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishriistodeprivation
2Finnish-öFront vowel variant of -o
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Ingrian kala →