Where does “Seinäjoki” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Seinäjoki”, step by step

Seinäjoki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish seinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseinäwall; mains; Essive singular form of sei
2Proto-Finnicsainawall

Words derived from “Seinäjoki”

Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →