Where does “silmäily” come from?

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

silmäily (Finnish): eyeing, glancing, scanning

Definitions

  1. eyeing, glancing, scanning

Ancestry of “silmäily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsilmäilläTo eye, glance, scan, skim
2Finnishsilmätäto glance
3Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
4Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
5Proto-Uralicśilmäeye
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →