Where does “joenpolvi” come from?

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

joenpolvi (Finnish): river knee

Definitions

  1. river knee

Ancestry of “joenpolvi”, step by step

joenpolvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish polvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolviknee; stifle; hitch
2Proto-Finnicpolviknee
3Proto-Uralicpolweknee
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →