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Where does “voinen” come from?

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

voinen (Finnish): buttery; First-person singular potential present...

Definitions

  1. buttery; First-person singular potential present...

Ancestry of “voinen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “voinen”

  • voisin
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