Where does “silmärätti” come from?

silmärätti (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian silmä, from Ingrian -u — Used to form nouns from verbs.

silmärätti (Ingrian): face cloth

Definitions

  1. face cloth

Ancestry of “silmärätti”, step by step

silmärätti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian silmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriansilmäeye
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs

via Ingrian rätti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianrätticloth
Every word from Ingrian -u →Every word from Ingrian silmä →