Where does “kohinasalpa” come from?

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

kohinasalpa (Finnish): noise gate, squelch

Definitions

  1. noise gate, squelch

Ancestry of “kohinasalpa”, step by step

kohinasalpa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sälpä

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

via Finnish köhinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishköhinärasping sound
2FinnishköhistäTo rasp
Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala →Every word from Finnish sala →