Where does “Joensuu” come from?

Joensuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish joki, from Finnish sokeus, from Finnish sokea, from Proto-Finnic sokeda — blind.

Joensuu (Finnish): Joensuu, a city in eastern Finland

Definitions

  1. Joensuu, a city in eastern Finland

Ancestry of “Joensuu”, step by step

Joensuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish suu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuumouth
2Proto-Finnicsüüthread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause
3Proto-Uralicśuwemouth
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →