Where does “joenpenkka” come from?

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

joenpenkka (Finnish): riverbank

Definitions

  1. riverbank

Ancestry of “joenpenkka”, step by step

joenpenkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish penkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpenkkabank, embankment
2Finnishpengerembankment; bank; terrace
3Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →