Where does “võtma” come from?

võtma (Võro) comes from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

võtma (Võro): to take

Definitions

  1. to take

Ancestry of “võtma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →
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