Where does “vecība” come from?
vecība (Latvian) comes from Latvian vecs, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wétušas, from Proto-Indo-European wēt-.
vecība (Latvian): oldness, old age
Ancestry of “vecība”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | vecs | old; old, previous; old one |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *wétušas | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wēt- | — |