Where does “silmäkirves” come from?

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

silmäkirves (Finnish): an axe head with a hole for a shaft

Definitions

  1. an axe head with a hole for a shaft

Ancestry of “silmäkirves”, step by step

silmäkirves 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 kirves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvesaxe
2Proto-Finnickirvesaxe
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →
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