Where does “hikottelu” come from?

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

hikottelu (Finnish): hiccuping

Definitions

  1. hiccuping

Ancestry of “hikottelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhikotellato hiccup
2Finnishhikottaato have hiccups
3Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
4Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →