Where does “lumilyhty” come from?
lumilyhty (Finnish) comes from Finnish Lumi, from Finnish lumi, from Proto-Finnic lumi, from Proto-Uralic lome — snow.
lumilyhty (Finnish): snow lantern
Ancestry of “lumilyhty”, step by step
lumilyhty 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 lyhty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lyhty | lantern; any plant of the genus Ceropegia; the... |
| 2 | Swedish | lykta | a lantern, a handheld lamp; bald face, a horse... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | luchte | — |