Where does “heijastuskulma” come from?

heijastuskulma (Finnish) comes from Finnish kulma, from Proto-Finnic kulma, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kuľma — corner of the eye.

heijastuskulma (Finnish): angle of reflection

Definitions

  1. angle of reflection

Ancestry of “heijastuskulma”, step by step

heijastuskulma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kulma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkulmaangle; corner; short for kulmakarvat
2Proto-Finnickulmaeyebrow; corner of the eye
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickuľmacorner of the eye

via Finnish heijastus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishheijastusreflection
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kuľma →Every word from Proto-Finnic kulma →Every word from Finnish kulma →