Where does “tėvavardis” come from?

tėvavardis (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian vardas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic warda-, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

tėvavardis (Lithuanian): patronymic

Definitions

  1. patronymic

Ancestry of “tėvavardis”, step by step

tėvavardis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian vardas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianvardasname
2Proto-Balto-Slavicwarda-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

via Lithuanian tė́vas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniantė́vasfather
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic warda- →