Where does “repsottaa” come from?

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

repsottaa (Finnish): to dangle, to hang

Definitions

  1. to dangle, to hang

Ancestry of “repsottaa”, step by step

repsottaa 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 repsahtaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrepsahtaato relapse, to indulge, to cave in
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →