Where does “salavihkaisesti” come from?
salavihkaisesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish salavihkainen, from Finnish salavihkaa, from Finnish sala, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala, from Proto-Uralic śala — elm.
Ancestry of “salavihkaisesti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | salavihkainen | furtive, stealthy |
| 2 | Finnish | salavihkaa | secretly, furtively, stealthily |
| 3 | Finnish | sala | A secret |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *sala | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | śala | elm |