Where does “sokaistua” come from?

sokaistua (Finnish) comes from Finnish sokaista, from Finnish sokea, from Proto-Finnic sokeda — blind.

sokaistua (Finnish): To become blind

Definitions

  1. To become blind

Ancestry of “sokaistua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsokaistato blind, dazzle (especially momentarily)
2Finnishsokeablind
3Proto-Finnicsokedablind
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish sokaista →