Where does “silmämuna” come from?

silmämuna (Finnish) comes from Ingrian muna, from Proto-Finnic muna, from Proto-Uralic müŋä — rear, beyond; space behind something.

silmämuna (Finnish): eyeball

Definitions

  1. eyeball

Ancestry of “silmämuna”, step by step

silmämuna traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian muna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmunaegg
2Proto-Finnicmunaegg
3Proto-Uralicmüŋärear, beyond; space behind something

via Finnish silmä

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

via Ingrian silmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriansilmäeye
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic müŋä →Every word from Proto-Finnic muna →Every word from Ingrian muna →