Where does “verhopilvi” come from?

verhopilvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish verho, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

verhopilvi (Finnish): altostratus type of cloud

Definitions

  1. altostratus type of cloud

Ancestry of “verhopilvi”, step by step

verhopilvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish verho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverhocurtain; window blind
2Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—

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-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →