Where does “jokisokeus” come from?

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

jokisokeus (Finnish): river blindness

Definitions

  1. river blindness

Ancestry of “jokisokeus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →