Where does “salakätkö” come from?

salakätkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish kätkö, from Finnish kätkeä, from Proto-Finnic kätkedäk, from Finnish kätke-.

salakätkö (Finnish): secret stash, secret cache

Definitions

  1. secret stash, secret cache

Ancestry of “salakätkö”, step by step

salakätkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kätkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkätköhoard, cache; hiding place; usually for things,...
2Finnishkätkeäto hide, conceal; to stash; to bury
3Proto-Finnickätkedäkto hide, to conceal
4Finnishkätke-—

via Finnish sala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsalaA secret
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Finnish kätke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kätkedäk →Every word from Finnish kätkeä →
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