Where does “lumenkestävä” come from?
lumenkestävä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Lumi, from Finnish lumi, from Proto-Finnic lumi, from Proto-Uralic lome — snow.
lumenkestävä (Finnish): snowproof
Ancestry of “lumenkestävä”, step by step
lumenkestävä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Lumi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Lumi | snow frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation; sometimes also similar frozen forms of other substances |
| 2 | Finnish | lumi | snow |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lumi | snow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | lome | snow |
via Finnish kestävä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kestävä | durable, lasting, long-lasting; sustainable;... |
| 2 | Finnish | kestää | to cope, stand, withstand, endure, hold up; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kestädäk | to last, endure |