Where does “silmäpako” come from?

silmäpako (Finnish) comes from Finnish pako, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

silmäpako (Finnish): run, ladder

Definitions

  1. run, ladder

Ancestry of “silmäpako”, step by step

silmäpako traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakoflight; escape; hole, tear
2Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish silmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
2Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
3Proto-Uralicśilmäeye
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →