Where does “sokkoleikki” come from?

sokkoleikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish sokko, from Russian щека́, from Proto-Slavic *ščeka — cheek.

sokkoleikki (Finnish): a children's game involving a blindfold, such as blind man's buff

Definitions

  1. a children's game involving a blindfold, such as blind man's buff

Ancestry of “sokkoleikki”, step by step

sokkoleikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sokko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsokkoblind man's buff; blindman; Someone who is...
2Russianщека́cheek
3Proto-Slavic*ščekacheek

via Finnish leikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkiplay; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Old Swedishleker—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *ščeka →Every word from Russian щека́ →Every word from Finnish sokko →