Where does “mulkosilmä” come from?

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

mulkosilmä (Finnish): bulging eye

Definitions

  1. bulging eye

Ancestry of “mulkosilmä”, step by step

mulkosilmä 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 mulkoilla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmulkoillato leer, glare, scowl to look at something or someone maliciously

Words derived from “mulkosilmä”

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