Where does “sjalmme” come from?

sjalmme (Lule Sami) comes from Proto-Samic šëlmē, from Proto-Finnic silmä, from Proto-Uralic śilmä — eye.

sjalmme (Lule Sami): eye of a needle; eye of an axe blade

Definitions

  1. eye of a needle; eye of an axe blade

Ancestry of “sjalmme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicšëlmēeye of an axe blade
2Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
3Proto-Uralicśilmäeye
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →Every word from Proto-Samic šëlmē →