Where does “pilvisalama” come from?

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

pilvisalama (Finnish): cloud-to-cloud lightning lightning that hits from one cloud to another, or within one cloud

Definitions

  1. cloud-to-cloud lightning lightning that hits from one cloud to another, or within one cloud

Ancestry of “pilvisalama”, step by step

pilvisalama 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 Salama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSalamalightning, bolt
2Proto-Finnicsalamalightning
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Proto-Uralic pilwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pilvi →Every word from Finnish pilvi →
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