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
| 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 röhistä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | röhistä | to make a low rasping sound |
| 2 | Finnish | -ista | Forms frequentative verbs |
Words derived from “röhöttää”