Where does “šëlmē” come from?
šëlmē (Proto-Samic) comes from Proto-Finnic silmä, from Proto-Uralic śilmä — eye.
šëlmē (Proto-Samic): eye of an axe blade
Ancestry of “šëlmē”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | silmä | eye |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | śilmä | eye |
Words derived from “šëlmē”