Where does “salavehkeily” come from?

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

salavehkeily (Finnish): plotting, conspiring

Definitions

  1. plotting, conspiring

Ancestry of “salavehkeily”, step by step

salavehkeily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsalaA secret
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm

via Finnish vehkeily

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvehkeilyconspiring, plotting, machination, scheme
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala →Every word from Finnish sala →