Where does “tihrusilmä” come from?

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

tihrusilmä (Finnish): A beady-eyed person

Definitions

  1. A beady-eyed person

Ancestry of “tihrusilmä”, step by step

tihrusilmä 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 tihru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtihru—

Words derived from “tihrusilmä”

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