Where does “värttänämato” come from?

värttänämato (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian värttänä, 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.

värttänämato (Ingrian): giant roundworm

Definitions

  1. giant roundworm

Ancestry of “värttänämato”, step by step

värttänämato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian värttänä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianvärttänäspindle
2Old East Slavicверетеноspindle
3Proto-Slavicvertenospindle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Ingrian mato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmatosnake
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-Slavic verteno →