Where does “karitevoi” come from?

karitevoi (Finnish) comes from Finnish voi, from Proto-Finnic voi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric waje — fat.

karitevoi (Finnish): shea butter

Definitions

  1. shea butter

Ancestry of “karitevoi”, step by step

karitevoi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish voi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoibutter; oh; third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnicvoibutter; oh, woe
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwajefat

via Finnish karite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkariteshea tree
2Frenchkaritéshea tree
3Wolofkarité—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric waje →Every word from Proto-Finnic voi →Every word from Finnish voi →
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