Where does “jokk” come from?

jokk (Skolt Sami) comes from Proto-Samic jokë, from Proto-Uralic joke — river.

jokk (Skolt Sami): river

Definitions

  1. river

Ancestry of “jokk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicjokëriver
2Proto-Uralicjokeriver
Every word from Proto-Uralic jokeEvery word from Proto-Samic jokë