Where does “lohkosalaaja” come from?
lohkosalaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish salaaja, from Finnish salata, from Finnish sala, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala, from Proto-Uralic śala — elm.
lohkosalaaja (Finnish): block cipher
Ancestry of “lohkosalaaja”, step by step
lohkosalaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish salaaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | salaaja | one who keeps something secret, one who conceals |
| 2 | Finnish | salata | to conceal, keep secret, cover up, hide; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | sala | A secret |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *sala | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | śala | elm |
via Finnish lohko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lohko | section; lobe; block, chunk |
| 2 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |