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

Definitions

  1. glance, sight

Ancestry of “silmäys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmätäto glance
2Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
3Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
4Proto-Uralicśilmäeye

Words derived from “silmäys”

Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →