Where does “joentörmä” come from?

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

joentörmä (Finnish): riverbank

Definitions

  1. riverbank

Ancestry of “joentörmä”, step by step

joentörmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish törmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtörmäA steep embankment of earth; A relatively high...
2Proto-Finnictermästeep bank (edge of river or lake)
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