Where does “vācietis” come from?

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

vācietis (Latvian): a German, a man from Germany; German, pertaining...

Definitions

  1. a German, a man from Germany; German, pertaining...

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 →