Where does “lumenkaatopaikka” come from?

lumenkaatopaikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaatopaikka, from Finnish paikka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *paikka, from Proto-Germanic spaikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European spēy- — to stretch; thrive; succeed.

lumenkaatopaikka (Finnish): snow dump (site)

Definitions

  1. snow dump (site)

Ancestry of “lumenkaatopaikka”, step by step

lumenkaatopaikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaatopaikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaatopaikkalandfill; dump
2Finnishpaikkaplace, location, spot, site; area, region,...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*paikka—
4Proto-Germanicspaikǭspoke
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspēy-to stretch; thrive; succeed

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spēy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spaikǭ →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *paikka →