Where does “viirusilmä” come from?

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

viirusilmä (Finnish): cat, fox or other animal with eyes with lines

Definitions

  1. cat, fox or other animal with eyes with lines

Ancestry of “viirusilmä”, step by step

viirusilmä 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 viiru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviirustreak, scratch

Words derived from “viirusilmä”

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