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Where does “ves” come from?

ves (Galician) comes from Galician vir, from Old Portuguese vĩir, from Latin veniō, from Proto-Italic gʷenjō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

ves (Galician): second-person singular present indicative of vir

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present indicative of vir

Ancestry of “ves”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianvirto come; first-person and third-person singular...
2Old Portuguesevĩirto come
3Latinveniō—
4Proto-Italicgʷenjōto come
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷm̥yéti—
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she
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