Where does “salavihkainen” come from?

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

salavihkainen (Finnish): furtive, stealthy

Definitions

  1. furtive, stealthy

Ancestry of “salavihkainen”, step by step

salavihkainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish salavihkaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsalavihkaasecretly, furtively, stealthily
2FinnishsalaA secret
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
4Proto-Uralicśalaelm

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—

Words derived from “salavihkainen”

Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala →Every word from Finnish sala →
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