Where does “ӄәлы” come from?

ӄәлы (Selkup) comes from Proto-Samoyedic kålä, from Proto-Uralic kälä — fish.

ӄәлы (Selkup): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “ӄәлы”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedickåläfish
2Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Uralic käläEvery word from Proto-Samoyedic kålä