Where does “salalause” come from?

salalause (Finnish) comes from Finnish lause, from Finnish lausua, from Proto-Finnic lausudak — to say.

salalause (Finnish): passphrase

Definitions

  1. passphrase

Ancestry of “salalause”, step by step

salalause traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lause

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlauseclause; sentence; theorem
2Finnishlausuato say, speak, utter, pronounce; to pronounce,...
3Proto-Finniclausudakto say

via Finnish sala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsalaA secret
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Proto-Finnic lausudak →Every word from Finnish lausua →Every word from Finnish lause →