Etymology

palsa

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Today it means: A hummock rising out of a bog with a core of ice; similar in appearance to a pingo but due to different structure palsas cannot grow as big as pingos. Full definition →

Finnish palsa ← Northern Sami balsa
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  1. Northern Sami · derived frombalsa
  2. Finnish · derived frompalsa
  3. English todaypalsa

From Finnish palsa, from Northern Sami balsa.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.