Where does “silmätäplä” come from?

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

silmätäplä (Finnish): eyespot

Definitions

  1. eyespot

Ancestry of “silmätäplä”, step by step

silmätäplä 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 täplä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäpläspot, speck; pad
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →