Where does “silmukkapako” come from?
silmukkapako (Finnish) comes from Finnish silmukka, from Finnish silmä, from Proto-Finnic silmä, from Proto-Uralic śilmä — eye.
Ancestry of “silmukkapako”, step by step
silmukkapako traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish silmukka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | silmukka | loop; becket; mesh |
| 2 | Finnish | silmä | eye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | silmä | eye |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | śilmä | eye |
via Finnish pako
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pako | flight; escape; hole, tear |
| 2 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |