võtma – Estonian verb conjugation

Active

Passive

Infinitives

ma-infinitive	võtma
da-infinitive	võtta
ma inessive	võtmas
ma elative	võtmast
ma translative	võtmaks
ma abessive	võtmata

Participles

Past participle, active	võtnud
Past participle, passive	võetud
Present participle, active	võttev
Present participle, passive	võetav

-des form

võttes

Verbs conjugated like võtma

matma, jätma, katma, võtma,

Translations

take, to get into one's hands or control

Etymology

1. From Proto-Finnic *vottadak, possibly from Proto-Uralic *watta-. If so, the word might be related to Komi-Zyrian вотны (votny, “to pick, to gather”), вӧтны (vötny, “to catch; to chase, to follow”) (dialectal), Northern Mansi ва̄туӈкве (vātuňkve, “to gather”), Northern Sami vuohttit (“to track, to follow”) and Tundra Nenets [script needed] (weďeʔ-, “to visit; to chase, to track”). Unrelated to Proto-Uralic *wexe- (“to take”).
2. Another theory suggests an Indo-European borrowing: Proto-Indo-European *wondʰ-éye- (through older Proto-Finnic *vont-ta-), or its Germanic descendant *wandijaną. The semantic development would be "to turn > turn towards oneself > take possession of" (compare German wenden (“to turn”) > German entwenden (“to steal”), and possible parallels in older Germanic languages as well, such as Old Norse venda). The older meaning survives in the derived word võti (“key”, literally “a tool which is turned”) (from Proto-Finnic *vot'in).
3. Cognates include Livonian võttõ, Votic võttaa, Finnish and Ingrian ottaa, Livvi ottua, Ludian ottada and Veps otta. See: Northern Sami 'vuohttit', Livonian 'võttõ', Olonetsian 'ottua', Ludian, Southern 'ottada', Veps 'otta'.

Verbs referencing "võtma"

Finnish with old forms ottaa, Ingrian ottaa.

Sample Sentences