Where does “silmävärve” come from?

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

silmävärve (Finnish): nystagmus

Definitions

  1. nystagmus

Ancestry of “silmävärve”, step by step

silmävärve 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 värve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvärvenystagmus
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →