Where does “lehtisilmu” come from?

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

lehtisilmu (Finnish): leaf bud

Definitions

  1. leaf bud

Ancestry of “lehtisilmu”, step by step

lehtisilmu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish silmu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmubud of a leaf; lamprey
2Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
3Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
4Proto-Uralicśilmäeye

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →