Where does “pähkinävoi” come from?

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

pähkinävoi (Finnish): nut butter

Definitions

  1. nut butter

Ancestry of “pähkinävoi”, step by step

pähkinävoi 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 pähkinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpähkinänut; hazel; puzzle, riddle; difficult problem,...
2Proto-Finno-Permicpäškɜ—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric waje →Every word from Proto-Finnic voi →Every word from Finnish voi →
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