Etymology Explorer › Estonian

Where does “võtma” come from?

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

võtma (Estonian): to take

Definitions

  1. to take

Ancestry of “võtma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “võtma”

  • vastuvõetamatu
  • võte
  • võti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →