Where does “mököttäjä” come from?

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

mököttäjä (Finnish): sulker

Definitions

  1. sulker

Ancestry of “mököttäjä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmököttääto sulk, pout to express one's disdain or anger by remaining silent and withdrawing into oneself
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- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →