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
Ancestry of “võti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Estonian | võtma | to take |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | vottadak | to take |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |