Where does “ensisilmäys” come from?

ensisilmäys (Finnish) comes from Finnish silmäys, from Finnish silmätä, from Finnish silmä, from Proto-Finnic silmä, from Proto-Uralic śilmä — eye.

ensisilmäys (Finnish): A first glance

Definitions

  1. A first glance

Ancestry of “ensisilmäys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmäysglance, sight
2Finnishsilmätäto glance
3Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
4Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
5Proto-Uralicśilmäeye
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →