Where does “ballva” come from?

ballva (Pite Sami) comes from Proto-Samic pëlvë, from Proto-Uralic pilwe — cloud.

ballva (Pite Sami): cloud

Definitions

  1. cloud

Ancestry of “ballva”, step by step

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