Where does “pilvimetsä” come from?

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

pilvimetsä (Finnish): cloud forest

Definitions

  1. cloud forest

Ancestry of “pilvimetsä”, step by step

pilvimetsä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pilwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pilvi →Every word from Finnish pilvi →