Where does “untuvapilvi” come from?

untuvapilvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish untuva, from Finnish untua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend, from Old English þūsend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

untuvapilvi (Finnish): cirrus, cirrus cloud

Definitions

  1. cirrus, cirrus cloud

Ancestry of “untuvapilvi”, step by step

untuvapilvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish untuva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuntuvadown
2Finnishuntuato get tired, to fatigue
3Finnish-tuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
4Idotuyou singular, thou
5EnglishthouNominative singular of ye; To address using the...
6EnglishthousandA numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10
7Middle EnglishthousendA thousand; 1000
8Old Englishþūsendthousand
9Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
10Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
11Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
12Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

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 Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Finnish -tua →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →