Where does “silmämitta” come from?

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

silmämitta (Finnish): the eyesight or eye as a means of measurement i.e. of measuring things 'by the eye'; a measurement obtained by the eye

Definitions

  1. the eyesight or eye as a means of measurement i.e. of measuring things 'by the eye'; a measurement obtained by the eye

Ancestry of “silmämitta”, step by step

silmämitta 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 mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →