Where does “jokipato” come from?

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

jokipato (Finnish): river dam

Definitions

  1. river dam

Ancestry of “jokipato”, step by step

jokipato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish pato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpatodam, dike
2Finnishpäteäto apply, be valid
3Proto-Finnicpätedäk—
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →