Where does “joenmutka” come from?

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

joenmutka (Finnish): riverbend

Definitions

  1. riverbend

Ancestry of “joenmutka”, step by step

joenmutka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish mutka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmutkabend, curve, corner; elbow; bight
2Proto-Finnicmutkabend, curve
3Proto-Uralicmučka—
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →