Where does “salavuode” come from?

salavuode (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuode, from Finnish vuota, from Proto-Finnic voota, from Proto-Finnic vootadak, from Proto-Finnic voo, from Proto-Uralic uwa- — to flow.

salavuode (Finnish): adultery, harlotry, or more concretely the bed in which adultery is being or was committed

Definitions

  1. adultery, harlotry, or more concretely the bed in which adultery is being or was committed

Ancestry of “salavuode”, step by step

salavuode traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vuode

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuodebed
2Finnishvuotahide, pelt; Partitive singular form of vuo
3Proto-Finnicvootahide, pelt
4Proto-Finnicvootadakto flow; to trickle, to seep; to leak
5Proto-Finnicvooflow
6Proto-Uralicuwa-to flow

via Finnish sala

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

Words derived from “salavuode”

Every word from Proto-Uralic uwa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic voo →Every word from Proto-Finnic vootadak →