Where does “vějíř” come from?
vějíř (Czech) comes from German Weiher, from Middle High German wīher, from Old High German wīwāri, from Proto-Germanic *wīwārī, from Latin vīvārium, from Latin vīvō, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti — to live.
Ancestry of “vějíř”, step by step