Where does “hölöttää” come from?

hölöttää (Finnish) comes from Finnish ottaa, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

hölöttää (Finnish): to blabber to run one's mouth in such a way as to spoil a surprise

Definitions

  1. to blabber to run one's mouth in such a way as to spoil a surprise

Ancestry of “hölöttää”, step by step

hölöttää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ottaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
2Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via Finnish hölistä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhölistäTo blabber, talk nonsense

Words derived from “hölöttää”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →