Where does “kadesilmä” come from?

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

kadesilmä (Finnish): jealousy

Definitions

  1. jealousy

Ancestry of “kadesilmä”, step by step

kadesilmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish silmä

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

via Finnish kade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkadeenvious
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kadëh—
3Proto-Germanicskaþiz—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →