Where does “silmusuomu” come from?

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

silmusuomu (Finnish): bud scale

Definitions

  1. bud scale

Ancestry of “silmusuomu”, step by step

silmusuomu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish silmu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmubud of a leaf; lamprey
2Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
3Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
4Proto-Uralicśilmäeye

via Finnish suomu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuomuscale
2Proto-Finnicsoomuscale
3Proto-Uralicśëmescale
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →
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