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Where does “vėliava” come from?

vėliava (Lithuanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.

vėliava (Lithuanian): banner, flag

Definitions

  1. banner, flag

Ancestry of “vėliava”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike
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