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Where does “otenauhaton” come from?

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

otenauhaton (Finnish): fretless

Definitions

  1. fretless

Ancestry of “otenauhaton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishotenauhafret
2Finnishotegrasp, grip; approach, mindset; citation,...
3Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
4Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
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