Hauki
Esox lucius
#nm_0142📍 Finland
- Language
- Finnish
- Transliteration
- Hauki
- IPA
- /ˈhɑuki/
From Proto-Finnic *haugi (pike) ↳ Origin uncertain: SES reconstructs no Proto-Uralic etymon, and reports instead a proposed loan from Proto-Slavic *šč(i̯)aukā (pike), the source of Russian щука ščúka (pike) ↳ A newer proposal takes the Finnic and Slavic words alike from an unidentified lost language, so the direction of borrowing is not settled
Northern pike, widespread predator