Where does “balva” come from?

balva (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic pëlvë, from Proto-Uralic pilwe — cloud.

balva (Northern Sami): cloud

Definitions

  1. cloud

Ancestry of “balva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicpëlvëcloud
2Proto-Uralicpilwecloud
Every word from Proto-Uralic pilwe →Every word from Proto-Samic pëlvë →