Where does “otoshajonta” come from?
otoshajonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish otos, from Finnish ottaa, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
Ancestry of “otoshajonta”, step by step
otoshajonta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish otos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | otos | sample; take; snap, photo |
| 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 hajonta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hajonta | dispersion; deviation |
| 2 | Finnish | hajota | to disperse, scatter, break up, run in all... |
| 3 | Finnish | haja- | scattered, dispersed |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sājan- | — |