Where does “neulansilmä” come from?

neulansilmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish neula, from Proto-Finnic neekla, from Proto-Germanic nēþlō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

neulansilmä (Finnish): eye of a needle, eye; hairpin turn, hairpin bend,...

Definitions

  1. eye of a needle, eye; hairpin turn, hairpin bend,...

Ancestry of “neulansilmä”, step by step

neulansilmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish neula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneulaneedle; needle, stylus
2Proto-Finnicneekla—
3Proto-Germanicnēþlōneedle
4Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

via Finnish silmä

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

Words derived from “neulansilmä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēþlō →Every word from Proto-Finnic neekla →