Where does “sukelluskalastus” come from?

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

sukelluskalastus (Finnish): underwater fishing, spearfishing

Definitions

  1. underwater fishing, spearfishing

Ancestry of “sukelluskalastus”, step by step

sukelluskalastus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalastus

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

via Finnish sukellus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsukellusdive, diving
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Uralic käläEvery word from Proto-Finnic kalaEvery word from Ingrian kala
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