Where does “puuvoi” come from?

puuvoi (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian voi, from Proto-Finnic voi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric waje — fat.

puuvoi (Ingrian): oil for treating wooden objects

Definitions

  1. oil for treating wooden objects

Ancestry of “puuvoi”, step by step

puuvoi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian voi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianvoibutter; oh, woe
2Proto-Finnicvoibutter; oh, woe
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwajefat

via Ingrian puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpuutree
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric waje →Every word from Proto-Finnic voi →Every word from Ingrian voi →