Where does “lumensyvyys” come from?

lumensyvyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish syvyys, from Finnish syvä, from Proto-Finnic cüvä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric tiwä.

lumensyvyys (Finnish): depth of snow

Definitions

  1. depth of snow

Ancestry of “lumensyvyys”, step by step

lumensyvyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish syvyys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyvyysdepth
2Finnishsyvädeep; deep-water; deep, profound
3Proto-Finniccüvädeep
4Proto-Finno-Ugrictiwä—

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-Finno-Ugric tiwä →Every word from Proto-Finnic cüvä →Every word from Finnish syvä →
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