Where does “salavuoteus” come from?
salavuoteus (Finnish) comes from Finnish salavuode, from Finnish vuode, from Finnish vuota, from Proto-Finnic voota, from Proto-Finnic vootadak, from Proto-Finnic voo, from Proto-Uralic uwa- — to flow.
salavuoteus (Finnish): fornication, adultery sex between unmarried people, considered a crime in Finnish law until 1926
Definitions
- fornication, adultery sex between unmarried people, considered a crime in Finnish law until 1926
Ancestry of “salavuoteus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | salavuode | adultery, harlotry, or more concretely the bed in which adultery is being or was committed |
| 2 | Finnish | vuode | bed |
| 3 | Finnish | vuota | hide, pelt; Partitive singular form of vuo |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | voota | hide, pelt |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | vootadak | to flow; to trickle, to seep; to leak |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | voo | flow |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | uwa- | to flow |