Where does “värjöttää” come from?

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

värjöttää (Finnish): to idle around

Definitions

  1. to idle around

Ancestry of “värjöttää”, step by step

värjöttää 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 väristä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväristäto shiver; to quiver; to tremble
2Proto-Finnicväristäkto shiver, to quiver, to tremble

Words derived from “värjöttää

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ-Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadakEvery word from Finnish ottaa