Where does “viipottaa” come from?

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

viipottaa (Finnish): to wave or rock quickly and back and forth

Definitions

  1. to wave or rock quickly and back and forth

Ancestry of “viipottaa”, step by step

viipottaa 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 viipata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviipata—

Words derived from “viipottaa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →