Where does “yleissilmäys” come from?
yleissilmäys (Finnish) comes from Finnish silmäys, from Finnish silmätä, from Finnish silmä, from Proto-Finnic silmä, from Proto-Uralic śilmä — eye.
yleissilmäys (Finnish): overview, survey, glance
Ancestry of “yleissilmäys”, step by step
yleissilmäys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish silmäys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | silmäys | glance, sight |
| 2 | Finnish | silmätä | to glance |
| 3 | Finnish | silmä | eye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | silmä | eye |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | śilmä | eye |
via Finnish yleinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yleinen | common, widespread; mutual; generic, general,... |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
Words derived from “yleissilmäys”