Where does “va” come from?

va (Albanian) comes from Latin vadum, from Proto-Italic waðom, from Proto-Indo-European wadʰom.

va (Albanian): ford; forest passageway; way out

Definitions

  1. ford; forest passageway; way out

Ancestry of “va”, step by step

va traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin vadum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvadumA shallow, ford, shoal; A body of water; sea,...
2Proto-Italicwaðomford, shallow water
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwadʰom—

via Proto-Albanian wa(d)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianwa(d)—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂dʰ-to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse

Words derived from “va”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wadʰom →Every word from Proto-Italic waðom →Every word from Latin vadum →