Where does “vauhtisokeus” come from?

vauhtisokeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vauhtisokea, from Finnish sokea, from Proto-Finnic sokeda — blind.

vauhtisokeus (Finnish): not knowing one's speed, being unaware of how fast one is going

Definitions

  1. not knowing one's speed, being unaware of how fast one is going

Ancestry of “vauhtisokeus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvauhtisokeanot knowing how fast one is going
2Finnishsokeablind
3Proto-Finnicsokedablind
Every word from Proto-Finnic sokeda →Every word from Finnish sokea →Every word from Finnish vauhtisokea →
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