Where does “kalimaasälpä” come from?

kalimaasälpä (Finnish) comes from Finnish maasälpä, from Finnish sälpä, from Finnish sala, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala, from Proto-Uralic śala — elm.

kalimaasälpä (Finnish): potassium feldspar

Definitions

  1. potassium feldspar

Ancestry of “kalimaasälpä”, step by step

kalimaasälpä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maasälpä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaasälpäfeldspar
2Finnishsälpäspar
3FinnishsalaA secret
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
5Proto-Uralicśalaelm

via Finnish kali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalipotassium; potassium oxide
2GermanKalipotash
3Arabicقِلْي—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →