Where does “kumpukerrospilvi” come from?

kumpukerrospilvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kerros, from Finnish kerrata, from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.

kumpukerrospilvi (Finnish): stratocumulus type of cloud

Definitions

  1. stratocumulus type of cloud

Ancestry of “kumpukerrospilvi”, step by step

kumpukerrospilvi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kerros

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkerrosfloor, storey; layer; Second-person singular...
2FinnishkerrataTo repeat or reread
3Finnishkertatime, occasion; time; times; also once, when the...
4Proto-Finnickertatime
5Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
6Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour

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 kumpu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkumpuA hummock, hillock; A mound
2Proto-Finnickumpuhillock, knoll
3Proto-Uralickumpawave
Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kert-Every word from Proto-Finnic kerta
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