Where does “ꦏꦮꦕ” come from?

ꦏꦮꦕ (Javanese) comes from Javanese ꦮꦕ, from Old Javanese waca, from Sanskrit वाचा, from Sanskrit वाच्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wā́kš, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

ꦏꦮꦕ (Javanese): clean, clear, decipherable, fair, readable

Definitions

  1. clean, clear, decipherable, fair, readable

Ancestry of “ꦏꦮꦕ”, step by step

ꦏꦮꦕ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Javanese ꦮꦕ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦮꦕto read
2Old Javanesewacato read
3Sanskritवाचाverbally; oath, holy word, word, sacred text;...
4Sanskritवाच्speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum etc.)
5Proto-Indo-Iranianwā́kšspeech, voice; sound?
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via Old Javanese kawaca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesekawacaarmour
2Sanskritकवचcoat of mail, armour
3Dravidianunknown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷsEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wā́kš
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