Where does “salalokero” come from?

salalokero (Finnish) comes from Finnish lokero, from Middle Low German lok, from Old Saxon lok, from Proto-Germanic *lok.

salalokero (Finnish): secret compartment

Definitions

  1. secret compartment

Ancestry of “salalokero”, step by step

salalokero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lokero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlokerosmall compartment or box; pigeonhole
2Middle Low Germanlok—
3Old Saxonlok—
4Proto-Germanic*lok—

via Finnish sala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsalaA secret
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Proto-Germanic *lok →Every word from Old Saxon lok →Every word from Middle Low German lok →