Where does “pölöttää” come from?
pölöttää (Finnish) comes from Finnish ottaa, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
pölöttää (Finnish): to babble, blabber
Ancestry of “pölöttää”, step by step
pölöttää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ottaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ottaa | to take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | vottadak | to take |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |
via Finnish pölistä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pölistä | to shed dust; to babble, prattle; jabber |
| 2 | Finnish | pöly | dust |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pölü | — |
Words derived from “pölöttää”