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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
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