Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/waje

Etymology
Attested only in the traditional Finno-Ugric group. No contrasting Proto-Samoyedic word for 'butter' is known either, however. A loan etymology from Indo-Iranian has been proposed (compare, from ), but this runs into phonetic difficulties.

Reconstruction
Traditionally reconstructed as. Finnic however points to earlier  (Sammallahti (1988) reconstructs  already for Proto-Finno-Ugric ), where per Aikio long *oo is in turn from original *a, confirmed also by 🇨🇬.

The meaning 'butter' has sometimes been considered anachronistic for Proto-Uralic or Proto-Finno-Ugric, and to represent a later development from earlier generic 'fat'. Häkkinen inversely suggests this word as part of evidence that Proto-Uralic was spoken late enough for its speakers to be at least familiar with agricultural products.

Noun

 * 1) butter

Descendants

 * Ugric:
 * Proto-Mansi: *waaj
 * Proto-Khanty: *wooj
 * Proto-Khanty: *wooj
 * Proto-Khanty: *wooj
 * Proto-Khanty: *wooj
 * Proto-Khanty: *wooj
 * Proto-Khanty: *wooj