Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/voi

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

*voi[1]

  1. butter
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Estonian: või
  • Finnish: voi
  • Ingrian: voi
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: voi
    • South Karelian: voi
  • Livvi: voi
  • Veps: voi
  • >? Võro: võid, võisõq
  • Votic: või

Etymology 2

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

*voi

  1. oh, woe

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Estonian: (dialectal) voi
  • Finnish: voi
  • Ingrian: voi
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: voi
    • South Karelian: voi
  • Livonian: võih
  • Livvi: voi
  • Ludian: voi
  • Veps: voi
  • Võro: võiq
  • Votic: voi

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*voi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)