Where does “emäjoki” come from?

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

emäjoki (Finnish): main river, principal river, mother river

Definitions

  1. main river, principal river, mother river

Ancestry of “emäjoki”, step by step

emäjoki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish emä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishemämother; mother of an animal, dam; womb
2Proto-Finnicemämother
3Proto-Uralicemämother
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →