Where does “kangasvuokko” come from?
kangasvuokko (Finnish) comes from Finnish Vuokko, from Finnish vuohi, from Proto-Finnic voohi, from Latvian āzis, from Proto-Baltic āž-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyǵ- — goat; oak.
kangasvuokko (Finnish): spring pasqueflower
Definitions
- spring pasqueflower
Ancestry of “kangasvuokko”, step by step
kangasvuokko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Vuokko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Vuokko | Any of the plants of the genera Anemone and Hepatica |
| 2 | Finnish | vuohi | goat |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | voohi | goat |
| 4 | Latvian | āzis | male goat, billy goat, buck |
| 5 | Proto-Baltic | āž- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyǵ- | goat; oak |
via Finnish kangas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kangas | cloth, fabric or textile; material; A soil type:... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kangas | cloth, fabric |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | gangaz | pace, step, gait; walk; way, course |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰongʰ-o-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |