Where does “Väinänlinna” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Väinänlinna”, step by step

Väinänlinna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Väinäjoki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVäinäjokiDaugava
2Finnishjokiriver
3Finnishsokeusblindness
4Finnishsokeablind
5Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish Linna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLinnacastle large fortified residential building
2Proto-Finniclitnatown, city; fortification, fortress
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →