Where does “vecs” come from?

vecs (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wétušas, from Proto-Indo-European wēt- — year.

vecs (Latvian): old; old, previous; old one

Definitions

  1. old; old, previous; old one

Ancestry of “vecs”, step by step

vecs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Balto-Slavic *wétušas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavic*wétušasold, ancient
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwēt-year

via Latgalian vacs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latgalianvacsold

Words derived from “vecs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēt- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wétušas →