Where does “yönsilmä” come from?

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

yönsilmä (Finnish): night eye, chestnut round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal

Definitions

  1. night eye, chestnut round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal

Ancestry of “yönsilmä”, step by step

yönsilmä 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 yö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyöperiod of day Previous: iltayö Next: aamuyö;...
2Proto-Finnicöönight
3Proto-Finno-Ugricüje—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Finnish silmä →