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Where does “voisilmä” come from?

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

voisilmä (Finnish): a small piece of butter such as in a bun or in...

Definitions

  1. a small piece of butter such as in a bun or in...

Ancestry of “voisilmä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
2Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
3Proto-Uralicśilmäeye
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →