Where does “voisula” come from?

voisula (Finnish) comes from Finnish sula, from Finnish sulaa, from Proto-Finnic suladak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric sula — to molten, melted; melt, dissolve.

voisula (Finnish): melted butter

Definitions

  1. melted butter

Ancestry of “voisula”, step by step

voisula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulamolten; not having ice cover; pure
2Finnishsulaato melt, thaw; to dissolve, disperse, vanish; to...
3Proto-Finnicsuladakto melt
4Proto-Finno-Ugricsulato molten, melted; melt, dissolve

via Finnish voi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoibutter; oh; third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnicvoibutter; oh, woe
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwajefat
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric sula →Every word from Proto-Finnic suladak →Every word from Finnish sulaa →