Where does “köysisilmukka” come from?

köysisilmukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish silmukka, from Finnish silmä, from Proto-Finnic silmä, from Proto-Uralic śilmä — eye.

köysisilmukka (Finnish): becket, loop of rope

Definitions

  1. becket, loop of rope

Ancestry of “köysisilmukka”, step by step

köysisilmukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish silmukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmukkaloop; becket; mesh
2Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
3Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
4Proto-Uralicśilmäeye

via Finnish köysi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishköysirope
2Proto-Finnickeücirope
3Proto-Uralickewδe—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →