Where does “jokisuisto” come from?

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

jokisuisto (Finnish): river delta, river estuary

Definitions

  1. river delta, river estuary

Ancestry of “jokisuisto”, step by step

jokisuisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish suisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsuistoA river delta
2Ingriansuumouth
3Proto-Finnicsüüthread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause
4Proto-Uralicśuwemouth
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