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Where does “puusilmä” come from?

puusilmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish puu, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.

puusilmä (Finnish): A wooden eye; an eye prosthesis made of wood; An...

Definitions

  1. A wooden eye; an eye prosthesis made of wood; An...

Ancestry of “puusilmä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →