Where does “bevaikis” come from?

bevaikis (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian vaikas, from Lithuanian veikti, from Proto-Indo-European weyḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

bevaikis (Lithuanian): childless

Definitions

  1. childless

Ancestry of “bevaikis”, step by step

bevaikis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian vaikas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianvaikaschild
2Lithuanianveiktito do, to work, to move; to have effect
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyḱ-to enter in; to settle; settlement
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwey-to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

via Lithuanian be

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianbewithout; besides; but, except
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*beź—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeinstrumental particle; outside, without
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyḱ- →Every word from Lithuanian veikti →