Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/silmä

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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Uralic *śilmä.

Noun[edit]

*silmä

  1. eye

Inflection[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: silm
  • Finnish: silmä
  • Ingrian: silmä
  • Karelian: silmä, šilmä
  • Livonian: sīlma
  • Livvi: silmy
  • Ludian: sil'm
  • Veps: sil'm
  • Võro: silm
  • Votic: silme
  • Proto-Samic: *šëlmē (eye of an axe blade) (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  • silm”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN