Where does “sokkokäärme” come from?

sokkokäärme (Finnish) comes from Finnish käärme, from Proto-Finnic kärmeh, from Proto-Finnic kärmeš, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kr̥mis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.

sokkokäärme (Finnish): any snake of family Typhlopidae or Anomalepididae

Definitions

  1. any snake of family Typhlopidae or Anomalepididae

Ancestry of “sokkokäärme”, step by step

sokkokäärme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käärme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäärmesnake
2Proto-Finnickärmehsnake
3Proto-Finnickärmeš—
4Proto-Balto-Slavickr̥misworm
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷŕ̥misworm

via Finnish sokko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsokkoblind man's buff; blindman; Someone who is...
2Russianщека́cheek
3Proto-Slavic*ščekacheek
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic kr̥mis →Every word from Proto-Finnic kärmeš →