Where does “jokialus” come from?

jokialus (Finnish) comes from Finnish alus, from Finnish ala, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

jokialus (Finnish): riverboat, river vessel

Definitions

  1. riverboat, river vessel

Ancestry of “jokialus”, step by step

jokialus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalusvessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject
2Finnishalaarea, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,...
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëlaEvery word from Proto-Finnic alaEvery word from Finnish ala