Where does “lumipenkka” come from?

lumipenkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish penkka, from Finnish penger, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

lumipenkka (Finnish): snowbank, snowdrift

Definitions

  1. snowbank, snowdrift

Ancestry of “lumipenkka”, step by step

lumipenkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish penkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpenkkabank, embankment
2Finnishpengerembankment; bank; terrace
3Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

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 bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Finnish penger →