Where does “salaoppi” come from?

salaoppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish oppi, from Finnish oppia, from Proto-Finnic oppidak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric woppe-.

salaoppi (Finnish): secret doctrine

Definitions

  1. secret doctrine

Ancestry of “salaoppi”, step by step

salaoppi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish oppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoppidoctrine; study, -logy, theory; in this sense...
2Finnishoppiato learn
3Proto-Finnicoppidakto learn
4Proto-Finno-Ugricwoppe-—

via Finnish sala

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