Where does “keijusalama” come from?

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

keijusalama (Finnish): sprite lightning

Definitions

  1. sprite lightning

Ancestry of “keijusalama”, step by step

keijusalama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Salama

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

via Finnish keiju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkeijuA fairy
Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →Every word from Proto-Finnic salama →Every word from Finnish Salama →