Where does “jokivene” come from?

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

jokivene (Finnish): riverboat

Definitions

  1. riverboat

Ancestry of “jokivene”, step by step

jokivene traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish vene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveneboat
2Proto-Finnicvenehboat
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →