Where does “jöröttää” come from?

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

jöröttää (Finnish): To sulk

Definitions

  1. To sulk

Ancestry of “jöröttää”, step by step

jöröttää traces back through 3 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 jörö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjöröuntalkative, taciturn; sullen, sulky

via Finnish jorista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjoristaTo chitchat

Words derived from “jöröttää”

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