Where does “jokileinikki” come from?

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

jokileinikki (Finnish): greater spearwort, Ranunculus lingua

Definitions

  1. greater spearwort, Ranunculus lingua

Ancestry of “jokileinikki”, step by step

jokileinikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish leinikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleinikkibuttercup
2Finnish-kkiCreates action nouns from verbs; Creates...
3Proto-Finnic-kkei—
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →
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