Where does “salakähmäisyys” come from?

salakähmäisyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish salakähmäinen, from Finnish kähmiä, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

salakähmäisyys (Finnish): concealment, stealthiness, secrecy

Definitions

  1. concealment, stealthiness, secrecy

Ancestry of “salakähmäisyys”, step by step

salakähmäisyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish salakähmäinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsalakähmäinenunderhand
2FinnishkähmiäTo grope; To back door
3FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
4Finnishjaand; AND
5Proto-Finnicjaand
6Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
7Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
8Proto-Germanic-hwe
9Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw