Where does “salamyhkäinen” come from?

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

salamyhkäinen (Finnish): secretive

Definitions

  1. secretive

Ancestry of “salamyhkäinen”, step by step

salamyhkäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish salamyhkää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsalamyhkääsecretly, secretively, surreptitiously, covertly
2FinnishsalaA secret
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
4Proto-Uralicśalaelm

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—

Words derived from “salamyhkäinen”

Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala →Every word from Finnish sala →
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