Where does “silmärähmä” come from?

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

silmärähmä (Finnish): eye rheum

Definitions

  1. eye rheum

Ancestry of “silmärähmä”, step by step

silmärähmä 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 rähmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrähmärheum, sleep
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →