Where does “joensuu” come from?

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

joensuu (Finnish): river mouth

Definitions

  1. river mouth

Ancestry of “joensuu”, step by step

joensuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish suu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuumouth
2Proto-Finnicsüüthread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause
3Proto-Uralicśuwemouth

Words derived from “joensuu”

Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →