Where does “Suonenjoki” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Suonenjoki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

Words derived from “Suonenjoki”

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