Where does “värttänä” come from?

värttänä (Ingrian) comes from Old East Slavic веретено, from Proto-Slavic verteno, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

värttänä (Ingrian): spindle

Definitions

  1. spindle

Ancestry of “värttänä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicверетеноspindle
2Proto-Slavicvertenospindle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “värttänä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-Slavic verteno →