Where does “voihkinta” come from?

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

voihkinta (Finnish): groan, moan

Definitions

  1. groan, moan

Ancestry of “voihkinta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoihkiato moan, to groan
2Finnishvoibutter; oh; third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicvoibutter; oh, woe
4Proto-Finno-Ugricwajefat
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric waje →Every word from Proto-Finnic voi →Every word from Finnish voi →
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