Where does “myrskynsilmä” come from?

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

myrskynsilmä (Finnish): An eye of a storm or a hurricane

Definitions

  1. An eye of a storm or a hurricane

Ancestry of “myrskynsilmä”, step by step

myrskynsilmä 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 myrsky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyrskystorm
2Finnishmyristäto rumble, thunder, bellow
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →
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