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Where does “voihkia” come from?

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

voihkia (Finnish): to moan, to groan

Definitions

  1. to moan, to groan

Ancestry of “voihkia”, step by step

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

Words derived from “voihkia”

  • voihkina
  • voihkaista
  • voihkaisu
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