Where does “sälä-” come from?

sälä- (Proto-Finnic) comes from Proto-Finno-Ugric śälä- — to cut, cut up, slice.

Ancestry of “sälä-”, step by step

sälä- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Finno-Ugric śälä-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finno-Ugricśälä-to cut, cut up, slice

via Proto-Uralic ćälä-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicćälä-to flash, lighten
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric śälä-