Where does “silmälasit” come from?

silmälasit (Finnish) comes from Finnish lasi, from Swedish glas, from Old Swedish glas, from Middle Low German glas, from Old Saxon glas, from Proto-West Germanic glas, from Proto-Germanic glasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- — to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...

silmälasit (Finnish): spectacles, glasses, eyeglasses, specs

Definitions

  1. spectacles, glasses, eyeglasses, specs

Ancestry of “silmälasit”, step by step

silmälasit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lasi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlasiglass; bells; ice
2Swedishglasglass
3Old Swedishglas—
4Middle Low Germanglasglass
5Old Saxonglasglass
6Proto-West Germanicglasglass
7Proto-Germanicglasąglass
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰel-to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...

via Finnish silmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
2Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
3Proto-Uralicśilmäeye

Words derived from “silmälasit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic glasą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic glas →