Where does “silmäys” come from?
silmäys (Finnish) comes from Finnish silmätä, from Finnish silmä, from Proto-Finnic silmä, from Proto-Uralic śilmä — eye.
silmäys (Finnish): glance, sight
Ancestry of “silmäys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | silmätä | to glance |
| 2 | Finnish | silmä | eye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | silmä | eye |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | śilmä | eye |