Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/voi

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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From earlier *vooji, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *waje.

Noun[edit]

*voi

  1. butter
Inflection[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Estonian: või
  • Finnish: voi
  • Ingrian: voi
  • Karelian: voi
  • Veps: voi
  • >? Võro: võid, võisõq
  • Votic: või

Etymology 2[edit]

Perhaps of expressive origin. Compare the descendants of Proto-Indo-European *wáy such as Proto-Balto-Slavic *wái and Proto-Germanic *wai (whence English woe).

Interjection[edit]

*voi

  1. oh, woe

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]