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

Definitions

  1. eye of an axe blade

Ancestry of “šëlmē”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
2Proto-Uralicśilmäeye

Words derived from “šëlmē”

Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic silmä →