Where does “pörhöttää” come from?

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

pörhöttää (Finnish): to swirl, curl usually of something fuzzy

Definitions

  1. to swirl, curl usually of something fuzzy

Ancestry of “pörhöttää”, step by step

pörhöttää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ottaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
2Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via Finnish pörheä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpörheäfurry
2Finnish-eäFront vowel variant of -ea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →