Where does “hömpsöttää” come from?
hömpsöttää (Finnish) comes from Finnish hömpöttää, from Finnish ottaa, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
hömpsöttää (Finnish): to make a fuss
Definitions
- to make a fuss
Ancestry of “hömpsöttää”, step by step
hömpsöttää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hömpöttää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hömpöttää | To make a fuss over something |
| 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 hompsata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hompsata | — |