Where does “sumupaalu” come from?

sumupaalu (Finnish) comes from Finnish sumu, from Proto-Finnic sumu — fog, mist.

sumupaalu (Finnish): retroreflective delineator post

Definitions

  1. retroreflective delineator post

Ancestry of “sumupaalu”, step by step

sumupaalu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sumu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsumufog, mist; nebula
2Proto-Finnicsumufog, mist

via Finnish paalu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaalustake, pole; pile; the stake
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