Where does “kajosalama” come from?

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

kajosalama (Finnish): elf type of lightning

Definitions

  1. elf type of lightning

Ancestry of “kajosalama”, step by step

kajosalama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Salama

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

via Finnish kajo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkajoshimmer, gleam
2Finnish-öFront vowel variant of -o
Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →Every word from Proto-Finnic salama →Every word from Finnish Salama →
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