Where does “teikäläinen” come from?

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

teikäläinen (Finnish): one of us

Definitions

  1. one of us

Ancestry of “teikäläinen”, step by step

teikäläinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalainenrich in fish
2Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
3Proto-Finnickalafish
4Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Finnish te

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteyou
2Proto-Finnic*tek—
3Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →