Where does “pilvenhaituva” come from?
pilvenhaituva (Finnish) comes from Finnish haituva, from Finnish hahtuva, from Finnish hahtu, from Proto-Finnic hapci, from Proto-Uralic ëpte — hair.
pilvenhaituva (Finnish): cloudlet
Ancestry of “pilvenhaituva”, step by step
pilvenhaituva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish haituva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | haituva | single thin hair or fiber |
| 2 | Finnish | hahtuva | fluff |
| 3 | Finnish | hahtu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | hapci | hair |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ëpte | hair |
via Finnish Pilvi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Pilvi | cloud visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air; mass of dust, steam or smoke |
| 2 | Finnish | pilvi | cloud; hashish, marijuana |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pilvi | cloud |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | pilwe | cloud |