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
- a German, a man from Germany; German, pertaining...
Ancestry of “vācietis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | vāci | Germans; German; pertaining to Germany and its... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
Words derived from “vācietis”