Where does “sileys” come from?

sileys (Finnish) comes from Finnish sileä, from Proto-Finnic siledä — smooth.

sileys (Finnish): smoothness

Definitions

  1. smoothness

Ancestry of “sileys”, step by step

sileys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sileä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsileäsmooth
2Proto-Finnicsiledäsmooth

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Finnic siledä →Every word from Finnish sileä →