Where does “huippusalainen” come from?
huippusalainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish salainen, from Finnish sala, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala, from Proto-Uralic śala.
huippusalainen (Finnish): top secret
Ancestry of “huippusalainen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | salainen | secret, clandestine; arcane |
| 2 | Finnish | sala | A secret |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *sala | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | śala | — |