Where does “jokikylä” come from?

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

jokikylä (Finnish): riverside village

Definitions

  1. riverside village

Ancestry of “jokikylä”, step by step

jokikylä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish kylä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkylävillage; Any private place, typically someone...
2Proto-Finno-Ugrickülädwelling
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →