Where does “Jokimukka” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Jokimukka”, step by step

Jokimukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Proto-Finnic mükkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmükkämute, dumb
2Finnishmutkabend, curve, corner; elbow; bight
3Proto-Finnicmutkabend, curve
4Proto-Uralicmučka—
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →