Where does “silmälihas” come from?
silmälihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihas, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.
silmälihas (Finnish): extraocular muscle
Ancestry of “silmälihas”, step by step
silmälihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lihas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lihas | muscle |
| 2 | Finnish | -s | Forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -nci | Forms ordinal numbers from the corresponding... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -mte | — |
via Finnish silmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | silmä | eye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | silmä | eye |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | śilmä | eye |
Words derived from “silmälihas”