Where does “silmälevä” come from?

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

silmälevä (Finnish): euglenid alga

Definitions

  1. euglenid alga

Ancestry of “silmälevä”, step by step

silmälevä 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 levä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleväalga; seaweed
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →