Where does “jokisatama” come from?
jokisatama (Finnish) comes from Finnish joki, from Finnish sokeus, from Finnish sokea, from Proto-Finnic sokeda — blind.
jokisatama (Finnish): river port
Ancestry of “jokisatama”, step by step
jokisatama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish joki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | joki | river |
| 2 | Finnish | sokeus | blindness |
| 3 | Finnish | sokea | blind |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | sokeda | blind |
via Finnish satama
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | satama | harbour, port, haven; port authority; Agent... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | satama | harbor, haven |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |