Where does “joenpohja” come from?

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

joenpohja (Finnish): bottom of a river, riverbed, runway, draw

Definitions

  1. bottom of a river, riverbed, runway, draw

Ancestry of “joenpohja”, step by step

joenpohja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →
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