Where does “Valkeakoski” come from?
Valkeakoski (Finnish) comes from Finnish koski, from Proto-Finnic koski, from Proto-Uralic kośke.
Ancestry of “Valkeakoski”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | koski | rapids; Third-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | koski | a continuous series of relatively small... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kośke | — |