Where does “sähläys” come from?

sähläys (Finnish) comes from Finnish us — -ing.

sähläys (Finnish): flub, blunder, blooper

Definitions

  1. flub, blunder, blooper

Ancestry of “sähläys”, step by step

sähläys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

via Finnish sählätä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsählätäto fumble, mess up, bungle, botch up, screw up, fuck up
Every word from Finnish us