Where does “nyhjöttää” come from?

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

nyhjöttää (Finnish): to lie around or idle dejectedly or dispiritedly

Definitions

  1. to lie around or idle dejectedly or dispiritedly

Ancestry of “nyhjöttää”, step by step

nyhjöttää 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 nyhjätä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnyhjätäto lie around, to idle; to lie lazy, loll,...
2FinnishnuhjataTo dawdle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →