Where does “valkovuokkoleinikki” come from?
valkovuokkoleinikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish valkovuokko, from Finnish Vuokko, from Finnish vuohi, from Proto-Finnic voohi, from Latvian āzis, from Proto-Baltic āž-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyǵ- — goat; oak.
valkovuokkoleinikki (Finnish): large white buttercup, Ranunculus platanifolius
Definitions
- large white buttercup, Ranunculus platanifolius
Ancestry of “valkovuokkoleinikki”, step by step
valkovuokkoleinikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish valkovuokko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valkovuokko | wood anemone, windflower, European thimbleweed, smell fox |
| 2 | Finnish | Vuokko | Any of the plants of the genera Anemone and Hepatica |
| 3 | Finnish | vuohi | goat |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | voohi | goat |
| 5 | Latvian | āzis | male goat, billy goat, buck |
| 6 | Proto-Baltic | āž- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyǵ- | goat; oak |