Where does “silmä” come from?

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

silmä (Finnish): eye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net

Definitions

  1. eye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net

Ancestry of “silmä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
2Proto-Uralicśilmäeye

Words derived from “silmä”

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