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Where does “voihan” come from?

voihan (Finnish) comes from Finnish -hän, from Finnish hän, from Proto-Finnic hän — he, she; it, for inanimate objects.

voihan (Finnish): Used in front of a swearword as fortifier;...

Definitions

  1. Used in front of a swearword as fortifier;...

Ancestry of “voihan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-hänAlternative form of -hVn
2Finnishhänhe, she, one, they
3Proto-Finnichänhe, she; it, for inanimate objects
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