Where does “killisilmä” come from?

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

killisilmä (Finnish): a popeyed person

Definitions

  1. a popeyed person

Ancestry of “killisilmä”, step by step

killisilmä 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 killistellä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkillistelläto stare or ogle popeyed
2Finnishkillistääto glimmer
3Finnishkillittää—

Words derived from “killisilmä”

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