Where does “mulkosilmäinen” come from?

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

mulkosilmäinen (Finnish): bug-eyed

Definitions

  1. bug-eyed

Ancestry of “mulkosilmäinen”, step by step

mulkosilmäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mulkosilmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmulkosilmäbulging eye
2Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
3Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
4Proto-Uralicśilmäeye

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →