Where does “voimuotti” come from?

voimuotti (Finnish) comes from Finnish muotti, from Old Swedish mōt, from Old Norse mót, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

voimuotti (Finnish): butter mold

Definitions

  1. butter mold

Ancestry of “voimuotti”, step by step

voimuotti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muotti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuottimould/mold; cast; die
2Old Swedishmōtmold, cast; mold, cast, mark, appearance
3Old Norsemótmeeting; town-meeting; joint, juncture
4Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via Finnish voi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoibutter; oh; third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnicvoibutter; oh, woe
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwajefat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Old Norse mót →