Ahven

Perca fluviatilis
#nm_0141📍 Finland
Language
Finnish
Transliteration
Ahven
IPA
/ˈɑhʋen/

From Proto-Finnic *ahven (perch) ↳ Origin uncertain: SES reconstructs no Proto-Uralic etymon, and judges the proposed Baltic and Germanic sources improbable

European perch, Finland's national fish

Alternates: Ahven (Estonia), Abborre (Sweden)