Where does “salakavala” come from?

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

salakavala (Finnish): insidious, treacherous

Definitions

  1. insidious, treacherous

Ancestry of “salakavala”, step by step

salakavala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sala

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

via Finnish kavala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkavalatreacherous
2Proto-Finnickavalatreacherous, cunning, sly

Words derived from “salakavala”

Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala →Every word from Finnish sala →