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
- second-person singular present indicative of vir
Ancestry of “ves”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Galician | vir | to come; first-person and third-person singular... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | vĩir | to come |
| 3 | Latin | veniō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | gʷenjō | to come |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷm̥yéti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |