Where does “silmänpalvonta” come from?

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

silmänpalvonta (Finnish): eyeservice

Definitions

  1. eyeservice

Ancestry of “silmänpalvonta”, step by step

silmänpalvonta 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 palvonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalvontaworship, praise, -latry
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →