Where does “kalāmīez” come from?

kalāmīez (Livonian) comes from Livonian kalā, from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä — fish.

kalāmīez (Livonian): fisherman

Definitions

  1. fisherman

Ancestry of “kalāmīez”, step by step

kalāmīez traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Livonian kalā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livoniankalāfish
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Livonian mīez

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianmīezman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Livonian kalā →