Where does “hörötys” come from?

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

hörötys (Finnish): chortle, chortling

Definitions

  1. chortle, chortling

Ancestry of “hörötys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhöröttääto chortle
2Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
3Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →