Where does “ottaa lämpöä” come from?

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

ottaa lämpöä (Finnish): to warm up; to overheat; to lose one's temper

Definitions

  1. to warm up; to overheat; to lose one's temper

Ancestry of “ottaa lämpöä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
2Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →
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