Where does “vuoitu” come from?

vuoitu (Northern Sami) comes from Finnish voitto, from Finnish voittaa, from Proto-Finnic voittadak, from Proto-Finnic voidak, from Proto-Uralic woje- — can, to be able.

vuoitu (Northern Sami): yield; profit; return

Definitions

  1. yield; profit; return

Ancestry of “vuoitu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoittovictory, win; profit
2Finnishvoittaato win
3Proto-Finnicvoittadakto win
4Proto-Finnicvoidakcan, to be able
5Proto-Uralicwoje-can, to be able
Every word from Proto-Uralic woje- →Every word from Proto-Finnic voidak →Every word from Proto-Finnic voittadak →
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