Where does “lumimees” come from?

lumimees (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian lumi, from Proto-Finnic lumi, from Proto-Uralic lome — snow.

Ancestry of “lumimees”, step by step

lumimees traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian lumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianlumisnow
2Proto-Finniclumisnow
3Proto-Uraliclomesnow

via Ingrian mees

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmeesman
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Uralic lome →