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Where does “pirskottaa” come from?

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

pirskottaa (Finnish): to spurt, spatter, sprinkle

Definitions

  1. to spurt, spatter, sprinkle

Ancestry of “pirskottaa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pirskottaa”

  • pirskotella
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →