Where does “saastepilvi” come from?
saastepilvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Pilvi, from Finnish pilvi, from Proto-Finnic pilvi, from Proto-Uralic pilwe — cloud.
saastepilvi (Finnish): pollution cloud
Ancestry of “saastepilvi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Pilvi | — |
| 2 | Finnish | pilvi | cloud; hashish, marijuana |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pilvi | cloud |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | pilwe | cloud |