Where does “joenuoma” come from?

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

joenuoma (Finnish): riverbed

Definitions

  1. riverbed

Ancestry of “joenuoma”, step by step

joenuoma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish uoma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuomariverbed, channel, streambed; normal state of...
2Finnishvuoflow; flux
3PolishwuThe name of the Latin-script letter W
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