Where does “otta” come from?

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

otta (Veps): to take; to take out, to pull out; to pick up, to...

Definitions

  1. to take; to take out, to pull out; to pick up, to...

Ancestry of “otta”, 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