Where does “cirruspilvi” come from?

cirruspilvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Pilvi, from Finnish pilvi, from Proto-Finnic pilvi, from Proto-Uralic pilwe — cloud.

cirruspilvi (Finnish): cirrus, cirrus cloud

Definitions

  1. cirrus, cirrus cloud

Ancestry of “cirruspilvi”, step by step

cirruspilvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Pilvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPilvicloud visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air; mass of dust, steam or smoke
2Finnishpilvicloud; hashish, marijuana
3Proto-Finnicpilvicloud
4Proto-Uralicpilwecloud

via Finnish cirrus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishcirruscirrus type of cloud
2New Latincirrusa curl; the fringe of clothes; the tentacle of an...
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