Where does “kuumotella” come from?
kuumotella (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuumottaa, from Finnish kumottaa, from Finnish ottaa, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
kuumotella (Finnish): to be very nervous about to the point of feeling hot
Definitions
- to be very nervous about to the point of feeling hot
Ancestry of “kuumotella”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuumottaa | to be barely visible, seem to be, be in sight, glimmer unclearly, as through another medium |
| 2 | Finnish | kumottaa | to glimmer, shine especially of the moon |
| 3 | Finnish | ottaa | to take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | vottadak | to take |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |