Where does “Jokela” come from?

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

Jokela (Finnish): Any of a number of small places in Finland

Definitions

  1. Any of a number of small places in Finland

Ancestry of “Jokela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →