Where does “kasvosokeus” come from?

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

kasvosokeus (Finnish): face blindness, prosopagnosia

Definitions

  1. face blindness, prosopagnosia

Ancestry of “kasvosokeus”, step by step

kasvosokeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sokeus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsokeusblindness
2Finnishsokeablind
3Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish kasvot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasvotface
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →