Where does “sulavesijoki” come from?

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

sulavesijoki (Finnish): glacial meltwater river

Definitions

  1. glacial meltwater river

Ancestry of “sulavesijoki”, step by step

sulavesijoki traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokiriver
2Finnishsokeusblindness
3Finnishsokeablind
4Proto-Finnicsokedablind

via Finnish sula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulamolten; not having ice cover; pure
2Finnishsulaato melt, thaw; to dissolve, disperse, vanish; to...
3Proto-Finnicsuladakto melt
4Proto-Finno-Ugricsulato molten, melted; melt, dissolve

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl
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