Where does “lumivalli” come from?

lumivalli (Finnish) comes from Finnish valli, from Frankish Walha, from Proto-Germanic walhaz, from Latin Volcae, from Proto-Celtic wolkos, from Proto-Indo-European welg- — wet, damp.

lumivalli (Finnish): snow bank, snow embankment

Definitions

  1. snow bank, snow embankment

Ancestry of “lumivalli”, step by step

lumivalli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish valli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalliembankment, bank; dike; cushion, rail, rail...
2FrankishWalhaforeigners, Romans, Celts
3Proto-Germanicwalhazforeigner, non-Germanic person
4LatinVolcaea Gallic tribal confederation; name of a Celtic...
5Proto-Celticwolkoshawk
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwelg-wet, damp

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 welg- →