Where does “ot” come from?

ot (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic votto, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

ot (Veps): bribe

Definitions

  1. bribe

Ancestry of “ot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicvottotaking; something that is taken, accepted
2Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
3Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic votto →