Where does “silmakirjalik” come from?

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

silmakirjalik (Estonian): hypocritical

Definitions

  1. hypocritical

Ancestry of “silmakirjalik”, step by step

silmakirjalik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian silm

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

via Estonian kirjalik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankirjalikwritten
2Estoniankiriwriting; letter; font, script
3Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Estonian silm →