Where does “pälvisokeus” come from?

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

pälvisokeus (Finnish): scotoma

Definitions

  1. scotoma

Ancestry of “pälvisokeus”, step by step

pälvisokeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sokeus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsokeusblindness
2Finnishsokeablind
3Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish pälvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpälvia bald spot, a patch of snow-free ground,...
2Finnishpalvatato cure
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokeus →