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Where does “wuo-” come from?

wuo- (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic wan-, from Proto-Indo-European won-, from Proto-Indo-European wā- — to move , to move so as to bend, turn; to bend,...

Ancestry of “wuo-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicwan-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwon-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwā-to move , to move so as to bend, turn; to bend,...

Words derived from “wuo-”

  • ota
  • vota
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