Where does “vedenottamo” come from?

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

vedenottamo (Finnish): water intake facility, water intake facility through which raw water is drawn to a water treatment plant

Definitions

  1. water intake facility, water intake facility through which raw water is drawn to a water treatment plant

Ancestry of “vedenottamo”, step by step

vedenottamo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ottamo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishottamointake facility, intake
2Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
3Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →