Where does “salamavauhti” come from?

salamavauhti (Finnish) comes from Finnish Salama, from Proto-Finnic salama, from Proto-Uralic śala — elm.

salamavauhti (Finnish): speed of lightning

Definitions

  1. speed of lightning

Ancestry of “salamavauhti”, step by step

salamavauhti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Salama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSalamalightning, bolt
2Proto-Finnicsalamalightning
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm

via Finnish vauhti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvauhtispeed, velocity, pace; momentum; speed
Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →Every word from Proto-Finnic salama →Every word from Finnish Salama →