Where does “lumikuuro” come from?

lumikuuro (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuuro, from Proto-Finnic kuuro, from Proto-Germanic skūrō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱēwer- — north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower.

lumikuuro (Finnish): snow shower, flurry

Definitions

  1. snow shower, flurry

Ancestry of “lumikuuro”, step by step

lumikuuro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuuro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuurodeaf; deaf person; rain shower, shower
2Proto-Finnickuurorain shower, shower
3Proto-Germanicskūrōstorm; short shower; shelter, shack
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱēwer-north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower

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 (s)ḱēwer- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skūrō →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuro →