Where does “elosalama” come from?

elosalama (Finnish) comes from Finnish Salama, from Proto-Finnic salama, from Proto-Uralic śala — elm.

elosalama (Finnish): An apparently silent lightning that strikes too...

Definitions

  1. An apparently silent lightning that strikes too...

Ancestry of “elosalama”, step by step

elosalama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Salama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSalamalightning, bolt
2Proto-Finnicsalamalightning
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm

via Finnish Elo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishElolife, living
2Proto-Samicealōreindeer herd
Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →Every word from Proto-Finnic salama →Every word from Finnish Salama →