Where does “vilkkuluomi” come from?

vilkkuluomi (Finnish) comes from Finnish luomi, from Proto-Finnic loomi, from Proto-Uralic lämä — scab.

vilkkuluomi (Finnish): nictitating membrane, plica semilunaris

Definitions

  1. nictitating membrane, plica semilunaris

Ancestry of “vilkkuluomi”, step by step

vilkkuluomi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish luomi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluomimole, nevus; eyelid
2Proto-Finnicloomimole, birthmark, eyelid
3Proto-Uraliclämäscab

via Finnish vilkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvilkkublinker; turn signal
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic lämä →Every word from Proto-Finnic loomi →Every word from Finnish luomi →