Where does “salakari” come from?

salakari (Finnish) comes from Finnish kari, from Russian Макарий, from Ancient Greek Μακάριος, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

salakari (Finnish): pitfall potential problem, hazard, or danger

Definitions

  1. pitfall potential problem, hazard, or danger

Ancestry of “salakari”, step by step

salakari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarirock; skerry; ground
2RussianМакарий
3Ancient GreekΜακάριοςblessed, happy
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

via Finnish sala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsalaA secret
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mósEvery word from Ancient Greek -μόςEvery word from Ancient Greek -ισμός