Where does “pilvetä” come from?

pilvetä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Pilvi, from Finnish pilvi, from Proto-Finnic pilvi, from Proto-Uralic pilwe — cloud.

pilvetä (Finnish): to become cloudy

Definitions

  1. to become cloudy

Ancestry of “pilvetä”, step by step

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-Uralic pilwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pilvi →Every word from Finnish pilvi →