Where does “lumiryöppy” come from?

lumiryöppy (Finnish) comes from Finnish Lumi, from Finnish lumi, from Proto-Finnic lumi, from Proto-Uralic lome — snow.

lumiryöppy (Finnish): ample snowfall, snowstorm

Definitions

  1. ample snowfall, snowstorm

Ancestry of “lumiryöppy”, step by step

lumiryöppy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish ryöppy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishryöppytorrent, gush, gust; rain; burst
Every word from Proto-Uralic lome →Every word from Proto-Finnic lumi →Every word from Finnish lumi →