Where does “vuokkokala” come from?

vuokkokala (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.

vuokkokala (Finnish): anemonefish, clownfish

Definitions

  1. anemonefish, clownfish

Ancestry of “vuokkokala”, step by step

vuokkokala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Vuokko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVuokkoAny of the plants of the genera Anemone and Hepatica
2Finnishvuohigoat
3Proto-Finnicvoohigoat
4Latvianāzismale goat, billy goat, buck
5Proto-Balticāž-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eyǵ-goat; oak

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish

Words derived from “vuokkokala”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Baltic āž- →Every word from Latvian āzis →