Where does “salakihloihin” come from?

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

salakihloihin (Finnish): secretly engaged agreed to be married

Definitions

  1. secretly engaged agreed to be married

Ancestry of “salakihloihin”, step by step

salakihloihin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sala

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

via Finnish kihloihin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkihloihin(getting) engaged
Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala →Every word from Finnish sala →