Where does “hölösuu” come from?
hölösuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish hölöttää, from Finnish ottaa, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
hölösuu (Finnish): blabbermouth
Ancestry of “hölösuu”, step by step
hölösuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hölöttää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hölöttää | to blabber to run one's mouth in such a way as to spoil a surprise |
| 2 | Finnish | ottaa | to take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vottadak | to take |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |
via Finnish suu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suu | mouth |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | süü | thread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | śuwe | mouth |