Where does “lumivyöry” come from?
lumivyöry (Finnish) comes from Finnish Lumi, from Finnish lumi, from Proto-Finnic lumi, from Proto-Uralic lome — snow.
lumivyöry (Finnish): snow avalanche
Ancestry of “lumivyöry”, step by step
lumivyöry 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 vyöry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vyöry | landslide; avalanche; Indicative present... |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |
Words derived from “lumivyöry”