Where does “salakyttä” come from?

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

salakyttä (Finnish): undercover cop

Definitions

  1. undercover cop

Ancestry of “salakyttä”, step by step

salakyttä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sala

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

via Finnish kyttä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyttäshooter; stalker, hunter; someone who keeps...
2Swedishskytteshooting
3Swedishskytta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →