Where does “värttinä” come from?

värttinä (Finnish) comes from Old East Slavic веретено, from Proto-Slavic verteno, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

värttinä (Finnish): spindle; distaff; radius

Definitions

  1. spindle; distaff; radius

Ancestry of “värttinä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicверетеноspindle
2Proto-Slavicvertenospindle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “värttinä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-Slavic verteno →
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