Where does “silmäätekevä” come from?

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

silmäätekevä (Finnish): socialite, bigwig, worthy, distinguished person

Definitions

  1. socialite, bigwig, worthy, distinguished person

Ancestry of “silmäätekevä”, step by step

silmäätekevä 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 tekevä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtekeväPresent active participle of tehdä; doing,...
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →