Where does “hämäräsokeus” come from?

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

hämäräsokeus (Finnish): night blindness, nyctalopia

Definitions

  1. night blindness, nyctalopia

Ancestry of “hämäräsokeus”, step by step

hämäräsokeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sokeus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsokeusblindness
2Finnishsokeablind
3Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish hämärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhämärädusk, twilight, dark, dimness; dim, dusky,...
2Proto-Finnichämärätwilight, dusk; dim, dusky, gloomy, dark
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