Where does “joisto” come from?

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

joisto (Finnish): river system, a river and its tributaries

Definitions

  1. river system, a river and its tributaries

Ancestry of “joisto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →