Where does “silmänkantama” come from?

silmänkantama (Finnish) comes from Finnish kantama, from Finnish kantaa, from Proto-Finnic kantadak, from Proto-Uralic kanta-, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

silmänkantama (Finnish): view, sight, what one can see, how far one can see

Definitions

  1. view, sight, what one can see, how far one can see

Ancestry of “silmänkantama”, step by step

silmänkantama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kantama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkantamaRange, -shot; Agent participle of kantaa
2Finnishkantaato carry, bear; to carry, be carried, reach; to...
3Proto-Finnickantadakto carry
4Proto-Uralickanta-to carry, to transport
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Finnish silmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
2Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
3Proto-Uralicśilmäeye
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Uralic kanta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kantadak →