Where does “silmäillä” come from?
silmäillä (Finnish) comes from Finnish silmätä, from Finnish silmä, from Proto-Finnic silmä, from Proto-Uralic śilmä — eye.
silmäillä (Finnish): To eye, glance, scan, skim
Definitions
- To eye, glance, scan, skim
Ancestry of “silmäillä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | silmätä | to glance |
| 2 | Finnish | silmä | eye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | silmä | eye |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | śilmä | eye |