Where does “võti” come from?

võti (Estonian) comes from Estonian võtma, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

võti (Estonian): key

Definitions

  1. key

Ancestry of “võti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianvõtmato take
2Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Estonian võtma →