Where does “lumivalge” come from?

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

lumivalge (Estonian): snow-white

Definitions

  1. snow-white

Ancestry of “lumivalge”, step by step

lumivalge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian lumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlumisnow
2Proto-Finniclumisnow
3Proto-Uraliclomesnow

via Estonian valge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianvalgewhite; Bright of light, illuminated; Belonging to...
2Proto-Finnicvalkedawhite
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwëlketa—
Every word from Proto-Uralic lome →Every word from Proto-Finnic lumi →Every word from Estonian lumi →
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