Where does “roikottaa” come from?

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

roikottaa (Finnish): to dangle

Definitions

  1. to dangle

Ancestry of “roikottaa”, step by step

roikottaa 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 roikkua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishroikkuaTo hang; To hang around
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →