Where does “Oulankajoki” come from?

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

Oulankajoki (Finnish): A river in Finland and Russia

Definitions

  1. A river in Finland and Russia

Ancestry of “Oulankajoki”, 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 →