Where does “pumpulinkevyt” come from?

pumpulinkevyt (Finnish) comes from Finnish kevyt, from Finnish keveä, from Proto-Finnic kepedä, from Proto-Uralic kepä — light, of little weight.

pumpulinkevyt (Finnish): as light as lint or cotton, very light

Definitions

  1. as light as lint or cotton, very light

Ancestry of “pumpulinkevyt”, step by step

pumpulinkevyt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kevyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkevytlight, lightweight
2Finnishkeveälightweight
3Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
4Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight

via Finnish pumpuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpumpulicotton; lint, cotton
2Swedishbomullcotton; the textile made from the fiber harvested...
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