Where does “salpapussi” come from?

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

salpapussi (Finnish): ziplock bag, slider storage bag, sliding lock bag

Definitions

  1. ziplock bag, slider storage bag, sliding lock bag

Ancestry of “salpapussi”, step by step

salpapussi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sälpä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsälpäspar
2FinnishsalaA secret
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
4Proto-Uralicśalaelm

via Finnish pussi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpussibag, pouch, sac; pouch; pocket
2Old Swedishpusi—
3Proto-Germanicpusôbag, sack, scrip
Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala →Every word from Finnish sala →