Where does “sivujoki” come from?

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

sivujoki (Finnish): tributary

Definitions

  1. tributary

Ancestry of “sivujoki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokedaEvery word from Finnish sokeaEvery word from Finnish sokeus
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