Where does “silmukkavarsta” come from?

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

silmukkavarsta (Finnish): a type of flail where the two sticks are attached by a ring

Definitions

  1. a type of flail where the two sticks are attached by a ring

Ancestry of “silmukkavarsta”, step by step

silmukkavarsta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish silmukka

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

via Finnish varsta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarstaflail agricultural tool
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →
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