Where does “salamyhkäisyys” come from?
salamyhkäisyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish salamyhkäinen, from Finnish salamyhkää, from Finnish sala, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala, from Proto-Uralic śala — elm.
salamyhkäisyys (Finnish): secretiveness
Definitions
- secretiveness
Ancestry of “salamyhkäisyys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | salamyhkäinen | secretive |
| 2 | Finnish | salamyhkää | secretly, secretively, surreptitiously, covertly |
| 3 | Finnish | sala | A secret |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *sala | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | śala | elm |