Where does “nappisilmä” come from?

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

nappisilmä (Finnish): beady eye

Definitions

  1. beady eye

Ancestry of “nappisilmä”, step by step

nappisilmä 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 näppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäppithe tips of the thumb and another finger or...
2Proto-Finnicnäppifingertip, finger

Words derived from “nappisilmä”

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