Where does “salaiva” come from?

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

salaiva (Finnish): indirect mockery, sarcasm

Definitions

  1. indirect mockery, sarcasm

Ancestry of “salaiva”, step by step

salaiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sala

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

via Finnish iva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishivaridicule, sarcasm, mockery, derision; irony
Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala →Every word from Finnish sala →