Where does “ripeäotteinen” come from?

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

ripeäotteinen (Finnish): prompt, promptly acting

Definitions

  1. prompt, promptly acting

Ancestry of “ripeäotteinen”, step by step

ripeäotteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ote

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishotegrasp, grip; approach, mindset; citation,...
2Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
3Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via Finnish ripeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishripeärapid, prompt
2Finnish-eäFront vowel variant of -ea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →