Where does “kevätlumi” come from?

kevätlumi (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian kevät, from Proto-Finnic kevät, from Proto-Uralic keŋä — spring.

kevätlumi (Ingrian): snow that falls in the spring

Definitions

  1. snow that falls in the spring

Ancestry of “kevätlumi”, step by step

kevätlumi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian kevät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankevätspring
2Proto-Finnickevätspring
3Proto-Uralickeŋäspring

via Ingrian lumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianlumisnow
2Proto-Finniclumisnow
3Proto-Uraliclomesnow
Every word from Proto-Uralic keŋä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kevät →Every word from Ingrian kevät →