Where does “juoksusilmukka” come from?
juoksusilmukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish silmukka, from Finnish silmä, from Proto-Finnic silmä, from Proto-Uralic śilmä — eye.
juoksusilmukka (Finnish): noose
Ancestry of “juoksusilmukka”, step by step
juoksusilmukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish silmukka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | silmukka | loop; becket; mesh |
| 2 | Finnish | silmä | eye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | silmä | eye |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | śilmä | eye |
via Finnish juoksu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | juoksu | run; running; plate, wall plate |
| 2 | Finnish | juosta | to run; to flow |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | joostak | to run, to flow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | jokse- | — |