Where does “lume” come from?

lume (Estonian) comes from Estonian lumi, from Proto-Finnic lumi, from Proto-Uralic lome — snow.

lume (Estonian): genitive singular of lumi

Definitions

  1. genitive singular of lumi

Ancestry of “lume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlumisnow
2Proto-Finniclumisnow
3Proto-Uraliclomesnow
Every word from Proto-Uralic lome →Every word from Proto-Finnic lumi →Every word from Estonian lumi →
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