Where does “pilviseinämä” come from?

pilviseinämä (Finnish) comes from Finnish seinämä, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

pilviseinämä (Finnish): a wall-like formation of clouds

Definitions

  1. a wall-like formation of clouds

Ancestry of “pilviseinämä”, step by step

pilviseinämä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seinämä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseinämäwall
2FinnishmäI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä—

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 Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →
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