Where does “lumilapio” come from?

lumilapio (Finnish) comes from Finnish lapio, from Proto-Finnic lapida, from Proto-Germanic laukaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewg- — to bend.

lumilapio (Finnish): snow shovel

Definitions

  1. snow shovel

Ancestry of “lumilapio”, step by step

lumilapio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lapio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapioshovel; spade
2Proto-Finniclapidashovel; spade
3Proto-Germaniclaukazleek
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewg-to bend

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 lewg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic laukaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic lapida →
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