Where does “joenpoukama” come from?

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

joenpoukama (Finnish): river cove

Definitions

  1. river cove

Ancestry of “joenpoukama”, step by step

joenpoukama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish poukama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpoukamaA small bay; cove
2Finnishpaukamasting
3Proto-Germanicbaugaza bend; bow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewgʰ-to bend; curve, arch
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →