Where does “viipotus” come from?

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

viipotus (Finnish): waving or rocking quickly and back and forth

Definitions

  1. waving or rocking quickly and back and forth

Ancestry of “viipotus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviipottaato wave or rock quickly and back and forth
2Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
3Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →