Where does “vihtoa” come from?

vihtoa (Finnish) comes from Finnish vihta, from Proto-Samic vittë, from Proto-Uralic witte — five; ten.

vihtoa (Finnish): To whip with a vihta

Definitions

  1. To whip with a vihta

Ancestry of “vihtoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvihtaA kind of whip made of birch twigs and used in...
2Proto-Samicvittëfive
3Proto-Uralicwittefive; ten

Words derived from “vihtoa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic witte →Every word from Proto-Samic vittë →Every word from Finnish vihta →