Where does “palleropilvi” come from?

palleropilvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish pallero, from Finnish pallo, from Proto-Germanic ballô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

palleropilvi (Finnish): cirrocumulus type of cloud

Definitions

  1. cirrocumulus type of cloud

Ancestry of “palleropilvi”, step by step

palleropilvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pallero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpallerobolus, ball
2Finnishpalloball; balloon; orb, sphere, globe
3Proto-Germanicballôball
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Finnish Pilvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPilvicloud visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air; mass of dust, steam or smoke
2Finnishpilvicloud; hashish, marijuana
3Proto-Finnicpilvicloud
4Proto-Uralicpilwecloud
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ballô →