Where does “vartalovoi” come from?

vartalovoi (Finnish) comes from Finnish vartalo, from Finnish varsi, from Proto-Finnic varci, from Proto-Finno-Permic warte.

vartalovoi (Finnish): body butter

Definitions

  1. body butter

Ancestry of “vartalovoi”, step by step

vartalovoi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vartalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvartalobody, torso; stem; style
2Finnishvarsistalk; handle or haft of some tools; chiefly a...
3Proto-Finnicvarcistalk of a plant
4Proto-Finno-Permicwarte—

via Finnish voi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoibutter; oh; third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnicvoibutter; oh, woe
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwajefat
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic warte →Every word from Proto-Finnic varci →Every word from Finnish varsi →