Where does “kierosilmä” come from?

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

kierosilmä (Finnish): cross-eyed person

Definitions

  1. cross-eyed person

Ancestry of “kierosilmä”, step by step

kierosilmä 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 kiero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkierocrooked, twisted; devious; cunning, sly
2Proto-Finnickeerotwisted, bent
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →