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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *śilmä.

Noun

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*silmä

  1. eye

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • 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

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  • 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; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN