Where does “âvie” come from?

âvie (Franc-Comtois) comes from Old French ewer, from Latin aquārium, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

âvie (Franc-Comtois): sink

Definitions

  1. sink

Ancestry of “âvie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchewerewer
2Latinaquārium
3Latinaquawater
4Proto-Italicakʷāwater
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂Every word from Proto-Italic akʷāEvery word from Latin aqua
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