Where does “silmänrajauskynä” come from?

silmänrajauskynä (Finnish) comes from Finnish silmänrajaus, from Finnish rajaus, from Finnish rajata, from Ingrian raja, from Old East Slavic краи, from Proto-Slavic krajь, from Proto-Slavic krojiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic krájīˀtei — to sift, to separate.

silmänrajauskynä (Finnish): eyeliner pencil, eyeliner pen

Definitions

  1. eyeliner pencil, eyeliner pen

Ancestry of “silmänrajauskynä”, step by step

silmänrajauskynä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish silmänrajaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmänrajaus(use of) eyeliner
2Finnishrajauslimiting; cropping
3Finnishrajatato limit, confine; to crop
4Ingrianrajaborder; boundary
5Old East Slavicкраиedge; land, country
6Proto-Slavickrajьedge, end
7Proto-Slavickrojitito cut
8Proto-Balto-Slavickrájīˀtei—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankroyh₁-eye-ti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankroyh₁-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankroh₁y-—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankreh₁y-to sift, to separate

via Finnish kynä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkynäpencil; pen; quill, hollow shaft
2Proto-Finnickünätrough
3Proto-Finno-Permicküńä—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kreh₁y- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kroh₁y- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁- →