Where does “ulvottaa” come from?

ulvottaa (Finnish) comes from Ingrian ulvoa, from Proto-Finnic ulvodak — to howl.

ulvottaa (Finnish): to make howl

Definitions

  1. to make howl

Ancestry of “ulvottaa”, step by step

ulvottaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian ulvoa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianulvoahowl
2Proto-Finniculvodakto howl

via Finnish ulvoa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishulvoato howl; Partitive singular form of ulvo
Every word from Proto-Finnic ulvodak →Every word from Ingrian ulvoa →
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