Where does “salailkeä” come from?

salailkeä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilkeä, from Proto-Finnic ilkeda, from Proto-Germanic ilhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ-.

salailkeä (Finnish): someone who words his/her insults as compliments through indirect mockery

Definitions

  1. someone who words his/her insults as compliments through indirect mockery

Ancestry of “salailkeä”, step by step

salailkeä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ilkeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishilkeäbad, mean, wicked; mischievous, troublesome,...
2Proto-Finnicilkedabad, mean; disgusting
3Proto-Germanicilhilazbad, evil
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elḱ-—

via Finnish sala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsalaA secret
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ilhilaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic ilkeda →