Where does “jõevähk” come from?

jõevähk (Estonian) comes from Estonian jõgi, from Proto-Finnic joki, from Proto-Uralic joke — river.

jõevähk (Estonian): crayfish

Definitions

  1. crayfish

Ancestry of “jõevähk”, step by step

jõevähk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian jõgi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianjõgiriver
2Proto-Finnicjokiriver
3Proto-Uralicjokeriver

via Estonian vähk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianvähkcrayfish, crawfish
Every word from Proto-Uralic joke →Every word from Proto-Finnic joki →Every word from Estonian jõgi →