Where does “salaneuvos” come from?

salaneuvos (Finnish) comes from Finnish neuvos, from Finnish neuvo, from Proto-Finnic neuvo — advice.

salaneuvos (Finnish): privy councillor

Definitions

  1. privy councillor

Ancestry of “salaneuvos”, step by step

salaneuvos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish neuvos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishneuvosAn honorary title granted by the President of the...
2Finnishneuvoadvice; resource; Indicative present connegative...
3Proto-Finnicneuvoadvice

via Finnish sala

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