Where does “voivotus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “voivotus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoivottaa—
2Finnishvoibutter; oh; third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicvoibutter; oh, woe
4Proto-Finno-Ugricwajefat
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric waje →Every word from Proto-Finnic voi →Every word from Finnish voi →