Where does “silmiö” come from?

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

silmiö (Finnish): any blue-eyed grass of the genus Sisyrinchium

Definitions

  1. any blue-eyed grass of the genus Sisyrinchium

Ancestry of “silmiö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
2Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
3Proto-Uralicśilmäeye
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →