Where does “silmäisy” come from?

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

silmäisy (Finnish): glancing

Definitions

  1. glancing

Ancestry of “silmäisy”, step by step

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