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Where does “jõgi” come from?

jõgi (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic joki, from Proto-Uralic joke — river.

jõgi (Estonian): river

Definitions

  1. river

Ancestry of “jõgi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicjokiriver
2Proto-Uralicjokeriver

Words derived from “jõgi”

  • jõehobu
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