Where does “silmäterä” come from?

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

silmäterä (Finnish): pupil; apple of one's eye

Definitions

  1. pupil; apple of one's eye

Ancestry of “silmäterä”, step by step

silmäterä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish silmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
2Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
3Proto-Uralicśilmäeye

via Finnish terä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteräblade, edge; head; terminal part of the leg, foot
2Proto-Finnicteräblade, edge; ear of corn; grain, corn
3Proto-Finno-Permicteräedge

via Ingrian silmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriansilmäeye
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →