Where does “höytylumi” come from?

höytylumi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Lumi, from Finnish lumi, from Proto-Finnic lumi, from Proto-Uralic lome — snow.

höytylumi (Finnish): light, fine snow

Definitions

  1. light, fine snow

Ancestry of “höytylumi”, step by step

höytylumi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Lumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLumisnow frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation; sometimes also similar frozen forms of other substances
2Finnishlumisnow
3Proto-Finniclumisnow
4Proto-Uraliclomesnow

via Finnish höyty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhöytyvane
2Finnishheisiviburnum
3Proto-Finnic*häiciflower
4Proto-Germanic*saidôband, fetter
Every word from Proto-Uralic lome →Every word from Proto-Finnic lumi →Every word from Finnish lumi →