Where does “vuohipaimen” come from?
vuohipaimen (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuohi, from Proto-Finnic voohi, from Latvian āzis, from Proto-Baltic āž-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyǵ- — goat; oak.
vuohipaimen (Finnish): goatherd
Definitions
- goatherd
Ancestry of “vuohipaimen”, step by step
vuohipaimen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vuohi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vuohi | goat |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | voohi | goat |
| 3 | Latvian | āzis | male goat, billy goat, buck |
| 4 | Proto-Baltic | āž- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyǵ- | goat; oak |
via Finnish paimen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paimen | A herdsman; A herd; A shepherd |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | paimen | herdsman, shepherd |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | poh₂-i-mn̥ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂- | to protect; to shepherd |