Where does “jokiliete” come from?

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

jokiliete (Finnish): river sediment, riverwash

Definitions

  1. river sediment, riverwash

Ancestry of “jokiliete”, step by step

jokiliete traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish liete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlietesilt; sludge; slurry
2Proto-Finnicleet'ekfine beach sand
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokedaEvery word from Finnish sokeaEvery word from Finnish sokeus
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