Where does “töpötys” come from?

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

töpötys (Finnish): padding, pattering, walking lightly

Definitions

  1. padding, pattering, walking lightly

Ancestry of “töpötys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtöpöttääto pad, to patter, to walk lightly
2Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
3Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →