Where does “vuohilauma” come from?

vuohilauma (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuohi, from Proto-Finnic voohi, from Latvian āzis, from Proto-Baltic āž-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyǵ- — goat; oak.

vuohilauma (Finnish): herd of goats, flock of goats

Definitions

  1. herd of goats, flock of goats

Ancestry of “vuohilauma”, step by step

vuohilauma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vuohi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuohigoat
2Proto-Finnicvoohigoat
3Latvianāzismale goat, billy goat, buck
4Proto-Balticāž-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eyǵ-goat; oak

via Finnish lauma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaumaherd; crowd, mob, flock; pod
2Finnish-ttainForms distributive adverbs; Forms adverbs...
3Finnish-ttaen—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Baltic āž- →Every word from Latvian āzis →