Where does “salausviivain” come from?

salausviivain (Finnish) comes from Finnish salaus, from Finnish salata, from Finnish sala, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala, from Proto-Uralic śala — elm.

salausviivain (Finnish): cryptographic slide rule

Definitions

  1. cryptographic slide rule

Ancestry of “salausviivain”, step by step

salausviivain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish salaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsalausencryption
2Finnishsalatato conceal, keep secret, cover up, hide; to...
3FinnishsalaA secret
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
5Proto-Uralicśalaelm

via Finnish viivain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishviivainA ruler; A straightedge; Genitive plural form...
2Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
3Finnishvije-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala →Every word from Finnish sala →