Where does “salavaimo” come from?

salavaimo (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaimo, from Proto-Finnic vaimo, from Proto-Uralic wajŋe — breath.

salavaimo (Finnish): secret wife

Definitions

  1. secret wife

Ancestry of “salavaimo”, step by step

salavaimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaimowife; woman, especially an elderly one
2Proto-Finnicvaimospirit, soul
3Proto-Uralicwajŋebreath

via Finnish sala

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