värttinä

== Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old East Slavic веретено (vereteno), from Proto-Slavic *verteno (“spindle”). Compare Estonian värten, Livvi värtin and Veps värtin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋærtːinæ/, [ˈʋært̪ːinæ] Rhymes: -ærtːinæ Syllabification(key): värt‧ti‧nä Hyphenation(key): värt‧ti‧nä === Noun === värttinä spindle; distaff (rod in spinning and winding thread) (anatomy, zoology) radius ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “värttinä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023