Where does “voiveitsi” come from?
voiveitsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish voi, from Proto-Finnic voi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric waje — fat.
voiveitsi (Finnish): butter knife
Ancestry of “voiveitsi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | voi | butter; oh; third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | voi | butter; oh, woe |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | waje | fat |