Where does “syrjäsilmällä” come from?

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

syrjäsilmällä (Finnish): out of the corner of one's eye, askance (looking at or seeing) sideways, obliquely, unnoticed

Definitions

  1. out of the corner of one's eye, askance (looking at or seeing) sideways, obliquely, unnoticed

Ancestry of “syrjäsilmällä”, step by step

syrjäsilmällä 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 syrjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyrjäedge; border; side
2Proto-Finnicsürjäedge, side
3Proto-Finno-Permicśürjä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →
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