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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
river
Ancestry of “jõgi”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Finnic
joki
river
2
Proto-Uralic
joke
river
Words derived from “jõgi”
jõehobu
Emajõgi
jõeäärne
Jõgeva
Jõelähtme
jõevähk
Emajõgi
Jegelecht
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