Where does “Vācietis” come from?

Vācietis (Latvian) comes from Latvian vāci, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

Vācietis (Latvian): a (male) German, a man from Germany

Definitions

  1. a (male) German, a man from Germany

Ancestry of “Vācietis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatvianvāciGermans; German; pertaining to Germany and its...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Latvian vāci →
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