Where does “jokilaakso” come from?

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

jokilaakso (Finnish): river valley

Definitions

  1. river valley

Ancestry of “jokilaakso”, step by step

jokilaakso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish Laakso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLaaksoAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnishlaaksovalley
3Proto-Finniclakso(wet) valley, depression
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →