Where does “pölypilvi” come from?
pölypilvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Pilvi, from Finnish pilvi, from Proto-Finnic pilvi, from Proto-Uralic pilwe — cloud.
pölypilvi (Finnish): dustcloud
Ancestry of “pölypilvi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Pilvi | — |
| 2 | Finnish | pilvi | cloud; hashish, marijuana |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pilvi | cloud |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | pilwe | cloud |