Where does “kirjomaasälpä” come from?

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

kirjomaasälpä (Finnish): graphic granite, graphic feldspar

Definitions

  1. graphic granite, graphic feldspar

Ancestry of “kirjomaasälpä”, step by step

kirjomaasälpä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maasälpä

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

via Finnish kirjo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjospectrum; as a modifier in a compound term...
2Proto-Finnickirjoivariegated, mottled, spotted
3Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala →Every word from Finnish sala →