Where does “silmiinpistävä” come from?
silmiinpistävä (Finnish) comes from Finnish silmä, from Proto-Finnic silmä, from Proto-Uralic śilmä — eye.
silmiinpistävä (Finnish): striking, glaring, prominent
Definitions
- striking, glaring, prominent
Ancestry of “silmiinpistävä”, step by step
silmiinpistävä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish silmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | silmä | eye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | silmä | eye |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | śilmä | eye |
via Finnish pistää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pistää | to poke, thrust; to stick, prick, stab, puncture;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pistädäk | to poke, to thrust, to stab, to sting; to put, to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | pistä- | — |
Words derived from “silmiinpistävä”