Where does “sīlma” come from?

sīlma (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic silmä, from Proto-Uralic śilmä — eye.

sīlma (Livonian): eye; stitch; mesh

Definitions

  1. eye; stitch; mesh

Ancestry of “sīlma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
2Proto-Uralicśilmäeye
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →
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