Where does “hikottaa” come from?

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

hikottaa (Finnish): to have hiccups

Definitions

  1. to have hiccups

Ancestry of “hikottaa”, step by step

hikottaa 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 hikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhikkahiccup; hiccups
2Swedishhicka(the) hiccups

Words derived from “hikottaa”

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