Where does “lohijoki” come from?

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

lohijoki (Finnish): river with salmon

Definitions

  1. river with salmon

Ancestry of “lohijoki”, step by step

lohijoki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish lohi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlohisalmon; Atlantic salmon
2Proto-Finniclohisalmon
3Proto-Balticlaśas—
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →