Where does “kirvesahven” come from?

kirvesahven (Finnish) comes from Finnish ahven, from Proto-Finnic ahven — perch.

kirvesahven (Finnish): moonfish

Definitions

  1. moonfish

Ancestry of “kirvesahven”, step by step

kirvesahven traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ahven

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishahvenEuropean perch, "Perca fluviatilis"; perch;...
2Proto-Finnicahvenperch

via Finnish kirves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvesaxe
2Proto-Finnickirvesaxe
Every word from Proto-Finnic ahven →Every word from Finnish ahven →