Where does “pilusilm” come from?

pilusilm (Estonian) comes from Estonian silm, from Proto-Finnic silmä, from Proto-Uralic śilmä — eye.

pilusilm (Estonian): chink, gook, person of Asian origin

Definitions

  1. chink, gook, person of Asian origin

Ancestry of “pilusilm”, step by step

pilusilm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian silm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniansilmeye; bud; stitch
2Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
3Proto-Uralicśilmäeye

via Estonian pilu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpiluslit, slot
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Estonian silm →