Where does “lumiukko” come from?

lumiukko (Finnish) comes from Karelian lumi, from Proto-Finnic lumi, from Proto-Uralic lome — snow.

lumiukko (Finnish): snowman

Definitions

  1. snowman

Ancestry of “lumiukko”, step by step

lumiukko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Karelian lumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Karelianlumisnow
2Proto-Finniclumisnow
3Proto-Uraliclomesnow

via Karelian ukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Karelianukkohusband
Every word from Proto-Uralic lome →Every word from Proto-Finnic lumi →Every word from Karelian lumi →