Where does “hömpöttää” come from?

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

hömpöttää (Finnish): To make a fuss over something

Definitions

  1. To make a fuss over something

Ancestry of “hömpöttää”, step by step

hömpöttää 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 hömppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhömppäfroth unimportant events

Words derived from “hömpöttää”

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