Where does “jokipenger” come from?

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

jokipenger (Finnish): river bank, levee

Definitions

  1. river bank, levee

Ancestry of “jokipenger”, step by step

jokipenger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish penger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpengerembankment; bank; terrace
2Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →
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