Where does “salakielisanoma” come from?
salakielisanoma (Finnish) comes from Finnish sanoma, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.
salakielisanoma (Finnish): coded message
Ancestry of “salakielisanoma”, step by step
salakielisanoma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sanoma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sanoma | A message, communication; Agent participle of... |
| 2 | Finnish | mä | I |
| 3 | Finnish | minä | I; ego; self |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 5 | Uralic | *minä | — |
via Finnish salakieli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | salakieli | code language, cipher, argot |
| 2 | Finnish | kieli | tongue; language; string |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | keeli | tongue; language |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | käle | tongue; language |