Where does “silmäsuppilo” come from?

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

silmäsuppilo (Finnish): eyecup

Definitions

  1. eyecup

Ancestry of “silmäsuppilo”, step by step

silmäsuppilo 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 suppilo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuppilofunnel
2Finnish-ilö—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →