Where does “salaviisas” come from?

salaviisas (Finnish) comes from Finnish viisas, from Proto-Finnic viisas, from Proto-Germanic wīsaz, from Proto-Indo-European weydstos, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

salaviisas (Finnish): secretly wise, that hides or conceals one's (true) wisdom

Definitions

  1. secretly wise, that hides or conceals one's (true) wisdom

Ancestry of “salaviisas”, step by step

salaviisas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viisas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviisaswise
2Proto-Finnicviisaswise; cunning
3Proto-Germanicwīsazwise, knowledgeable
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweydstosknowledgeable
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Finnish sala

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

Words derived from “salaviisas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European weydstos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīsaz →