Where does “kaakaovoi” come from?
kaakaovoi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaakao, from Swedish kakao, from Spanish Cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.
kaakaovoi (Finnish): cocoa butter
Ancestry of “kaakaovoi”, step by step
kaakaovoi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaakao
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaakao | hot chocolate, cocoa; Short for kaakaojauhe;... |
| 2 | Swedish | kakao | cocoa, cacao |
| 3 | Spanish | Cacao | the 655th most common surname in Guatemala |
| 4 | Classical Nahuatl | cacahuatl | cacao, cacao bean |
| 5 | Proto-Nahuan | *kakawa- | — |
via Finnish voi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | voi | butter; oh; third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | voi | butter; oh, woe |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | waje | fat |