Where does “vorokki” come from?

vorokki (Finnish) comes from Russian во́рот, from Old East Slavic воротъ, from Proto-Slavic vortъ, from Proto-Slavic -ъ, from Proto-Indo-European -om, from Proto-Indo-European -o-.

vorokki (Finnish): capstan

Definitions

  1. capstan

Ancestry of “vorokki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianво́ротcollar (of a shirt)
2Old East Slavicворотъ—
3Proto-Slavicvortъneck
4Proto-Slavic-ъ*poteťi → *potokъ; *teťi → *tokъ; *gňiti →...
5Proto-Indo-European-omemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
6Proto-Indo-European-o-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -o- →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic vortъ →