Where does “röhöttää” come from?

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

Ancestry of “röhöttää”, step by step

röhöttää 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 röhistä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishröhistäto make a low rasping sound
2Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs

Words derived from “röhöttää

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ-Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadakEvery word from Finnish ottaa