Where does “voikirnu” come from?

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

voikirnu (Finnish): butter churn

Definitions

  1. butter churn

Ancestry of “voikirnu”, step by step

voikirnu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish voi

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

via Finnish kirnu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirnua churn
2Proto-Germanickirnijǭa churn
3Proto-Germanickernǭbutter tub; creme
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric waje →Every word from Proto-Finnic voi →Every word from Finnish voi →