Where does “salatajunta” come from?

salatajunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish tajunta, from Finnish tajuta, from Finnish taju, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

Ancestry of “salatajunta”, step by step

salatajunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tajunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtajuntaconsciousness
2Finnishtajutato get the idea of something, to grasp; to...
3Finnishtajuconsciousness; sense
4Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
5Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish sala

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