Where does “lumikasa” come from?

lumikasa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasa, from Proto-Finnic kasa, from Proto-Germanic kasô, from Proto-Germanic kas- — to throw; bring up; toss.

lumikasa (Finnish): pile of snow

Definitions

  1. pile of snow

Ancestry of “lumikasa”, step by step

lumikasa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasaheap; pile; stack
2Proto-Finnickasapile
3Proto-Germanickasô—
4Proto-Germanickas-to throw; bring up; toss

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-Germanic kas- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kasô →Every word from Proto-Finnic kasa →