Where does “kalakajava” come from?

kalakajava (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian kala, from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä — fish.

kalakajava (Ingrian): common gull

Definitions

  1. common gull

Ancestry of “kalakajava”, step by step

kalakajava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankalafish
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Finnish kajava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkajavagull; kittiwake
2Proto-Finnickajagagull
3Proto-Uralickajagull
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Ingrian kala →