Where does “kalamerta” come from?

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

kalamerta (Ingrian): basket used for carrying fish

Definitions

  1. basket used for carrying fish

Ancestry of “kalamerta”, step by step

kalamerta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankalafish
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Ingrian merta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmertabasket
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Ingrian kala →