Where does “jokipääsky” come from?

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

jokipääsky (Finnish): river martin bird in the genus

Definitions

  1. river martin bird in the genus

Ancestry of “jokipääsky”, step by step

jokipääsky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish pääsky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpääskyswallow, martin
2Proto-Finno-Ugricpäčkeswallow

Words derived from “jokipääsky”

Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →