Where does “mölöttää” come from?

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

mölöttää (Finnish): to babble, to jabber, to gabble

Definitions

  1. to babble, to jabber, to gabble

Ancestry of “mölöttää”, step by step

mölöttää 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 mölistä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmölistäTo make noise producing (intentionally) unclear phonemes

Words derived from “mölöttää”

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