Where does “kalansilmä” come from?

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

kalansilmä (Finnish): fish eye

Definitions

  1. fish eye

Ancestry of “kalansilmä”, step by step

kalansilmä 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 kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish

Words derived from “kalansilmä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →