Where does “šalbmi” come from?

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

šalbmi (Northern Sami): eye of a needle; eye of an axe

Definitions

  1. eye of a needle; eye of an axe

Ancestry of “šalbmi”, 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 →