Where does “sīlma” come from?
sīlma (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic silmä, from Proto-Uralic śilmä — eye.
sīlma (Livonian): eye; stitch; mesh
Ancestry of “sīlma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | silmä | eye |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | śilmä | eye |