Where does “Uraljoki” come from?

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

Uraljoki (Finnish): Ural river

Definitions

  1. Ural river

Ancestry of “Uraljoki”, step by step

Uraljoki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish Ural

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishUralUrals, Ural Mountains mountain chain that separates Europe and Asia
2RussianУра́лUrals (mountain range)
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →