Where does “runsaskalainen” come from?

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

runsaskalainen (Finnish): with lots of fish

Definitions

  1. with lots of fish

Ancestry of “runsaskalainen”, step by step

runsaskalainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

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

via Finnish runsas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrunsasabundant, plentiful; sizable, hefty; abundant
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →