Where does “javo” come from?

javo (Votic) comes from Proto-Finnic jauho, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

javo (Votic): flour

Definitions

  1. flour

Ancestry of “javo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicjauhoflour
2Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
3Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic jauho →