Where does “pölötys” come from?

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

pölötys (Finnish): babbling, blabbering

Definitions

  1. babbling, blabbering

Ancestry of “pölötys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpölöttääto babble, blabber
2Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
3Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →