Where does “voihkaisu” come from?
voihkaisu (Finnish) comes from Finnish voihkaista, from Finnish voihkia, from Finnish voi, from Proto-Finnic voi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric waje — fat.
voihkaisu (Finnish): moan, groan
Ancestry of “voihkaisu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | voihkaista | To utter a moan, groan |
| 2 | Finnish | voihkia | to moan, to groan |
| 3 | Finnish | voi | butter; oh; third-person singular indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | voi | butter; oh, woe |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | waje | fat |