Where does “silmaarst” come from?

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

silmaarst (Estonian): eye doctor, ophthalmologist

Definitions

  1. eye doctor, ophthalmologist

Ancestry of “silmaarst”, step by step

silmaarst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian silm

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

via Estonian arst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianarstmedical doctor
2Middle Low Germanarste—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Estonian silm →