Where does “silmäkuoppa” come from?

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

silmäkuoppa (Finnish): eye socket

Definitions

  1. eye socket

Ancestry of “silmäkuoppa”, step by step

silmäkuoppa 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 kuoppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuoppapit; pothole
2Proto-Finnickooppapit
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →
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