Where does “toljotus” come from?

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

toljotus (Finnish): goggling, gawking

Definitions

  1. goggling, gawking

Ancestry of “toljotus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoljottaato goggle, gawk, gape
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 →