Where does “silmukka” come from?

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

silmukka (Finnish): loop; becket; mesh

Definitions

  1. loop; becket; mesh

Ancestry of “silmukka”, step by step

silmukka 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 ukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishukka—

Words derived from “silmukka”

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