Where does “ವಚನ” come from?

ವಚನ (Kannada) comes from Sanskrit वचन, from Sanskrit वच्, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

ವಚನ (Kannada): speaking, uttering, reciting, declaring, ordering; mentioning; naming

Definitions

  1. speaking, uttering, reciting, declaring, ordering; mentioning; naming

Ancestry of “ವಚನ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवचनspeaking; eloquent; speaking, utterance
2Sanskritवच्to speak, utter, say
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Sanskrit वच् →Every word from Sanskrit वचन →