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Where does “silm” come from?

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

silm (Estonian): eye; bud; stitch

Definitions

  1. eye; bud; stitch

Ancestry of “silm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
2Proto-Uralicśilmäeye

Words derived from “silm”

  • pilusilm
  • silmaarst
  • sinisilmne
  • silmamuna
  • silmatera
  • silmakirjalik
  • silmakirjatsema
  • silmakirjatseja
  • silmakirjatsus
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