Where does “otelauta” come from?
otelauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish ote, from Finnish ottaa, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
otelauta (Finnish): fingerboard
Ancestry of “otelauta”, step by step
otelauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ote
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ote | grasp, grip; approach, mindset; citation,... |
| 2 | Finnish | ottaa | to take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vottadak | to take |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |
via Finnish lauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lauta | A board; An element in many compound words, where... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | lauta | board, plank; table |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | *plauˀtá | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |