Where does “tomupilvi” come from?

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

tomupilvi (Finnish): a cloud of dust

Definitions

  1. a cloud of dust

Ancestry of “tomupilvi”, step by step

tomupilvi 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 tomu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtomudust; ashes or remains; earth, soil
2Proto-Finnictomudust
Every word from Proto-Uralic pilwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pilvi →Every word from Finnish pilvi →